Experience

Whitpain Township

• United States
• International Affairs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Fire Marshal

  • Apr 2002 - Present

  I serve as Fire Marshal, Emergency Management Coordinator and EMS Coordinator at Whitpain. These challenging multi-function/discipline functions allow me to use my training, education and experience on a daily basis. We protect about 20,000 residents in a 12.8 square mile suburban community. I serve as Fire Marshal, Emergency Management Coordinator and EMS Coordinator at Whitpain. These challenging multi-function/discipline functions allow me to use my training, education and experience on a daily basis. We protect about 20,000 residents in a 12.8 square mile suburban community.



Camarda Training & Consulting

• Owner

  • Apr 2016 - Present

  In following one of my passions, I chose to start my own small business. My goal is to provide emergency training programs that meet the needs of the customer and their challenges. We can also provide consulting services at fair costs to municipalities and emergency service providers. In following one of my passions, I chose to start my own small business. My goal is to provide emergency training programs that meet the needs of the customer and their challenges. We can also provide consulting services at fair costs to municipalities and emergency service providers.



Montgomery County Incident Support Team

• Chairman

  • Jan 2014 - Jan 2019

  One of the founding members of the Montgomery County IST Team and currently serve as its chairman. The team’s function is to assist Incident Commanders with getting their ICS roles functioning in a functional and orderly manner. We normally do not function in the same manner as an IMT; however, we do, at times serve in operational roles. I was fortunate to have been elected as the team’s chairman by a unanimous vote of the membership and for that I am grateful.

• Vice-Chairman

  • Aug 2005 - Jan 2014

  One of the founding members of the Montgomery County IST Team and currently serve as its co-chairman. The team’s function is to assist Incident Commanders with getting their ICS roles functioning in a functional and orderly manner. We do not function in the same manner as an IMT; however, we do, at times serve in operational roles.



Chairman

• Emergency Response Workgroup

  • Nov 2013 - Feb 2015

  I have served as a Montgomery County representative to the SEPARTF. I served the Chairman of the Emergency Response Workgroup. I had been actively involved in the development of the FF Taskforces that we now have available to respond and assist our member counties. The entire workgroup has and continues to work on several “regional” projects that will better coordinate the region. Some of these projects included water supply compatibility, Hazardous Materials responses and USAR operations among others. With the workgroup reconfigurations at the end of 2013, we now welcome Emergency Medical Services to our group that also includes, Firefighting, Hazardous Materials and Urban Search and Rescue components.



Southeastern Pennsylvania Regional Task Force

• Vice Chairman - Firefighting-USAR-HazMat Workgroup

  • Sep 2005 - Nov 2013

  I serve as a Montgomery County representative to the SEPARTF. I am now the Vice-Chairman of the Fire, Haz-Mat and USAR Workgroup. I have been actively involved in the development of the FF Taskforces that we now have available to respond and assist our member counties. The entire workgroup is working on several “regional” projects that will better coordinate the region. Some of these projects include firefighter accountability and water supply compatibility, Hazardous Materials responses and USAR operations among others.



Upper Merion Police

• Law Enforcement
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Deputy Fire Marshal

  • Aug 1991 - Apr 2002

  I served as Deputy Fire Marshal and Deputy Emergency Management Coordinator at Upper Merion. Those challenging multi-function/discipline functions allow me to use my training, education and experience on a daily basis. We protected about 28,000 residents in a 18.0 square mile suburban community. The township is home to the second largest shopping mall in the United States. Multiple major roadways and large commercial areas raised the workday population close to 60,000. I served as Deputy Fire Marshal and Deputy Emergency Management Coordinator at Upper Merion. Those challenging multi-function/discipline functions allow me to use my training, education and experience on a daily basis. We protected about 28,000 residents in a 18.0 square mile suburban community. The township is home to the second largest shopping mall in the United States. Multiple major roadways and large commercial areas raised the workday population close to 60,000.