Central Cambria High School, Academic Curriculum, 1966

. Completed 2 Year Program in Toolmaking Technology, 1968
. Coursework included: Drafting, Metallurgy, etc.
Pennsylvania State Police Academy, 1971

May 1997, Ninth Annual Traffic Safety Enforcement Conference for Police Officer:  "Arson Investigation - Vehicles".

 Shift Foreman, Williamson Mine Shaft Company, 1968 - 1970.

-- Experience in the handling and use of dynamite, and in wiring multi-            series dynamite caps used to explode in milli-seconds.

-- Received shot papers as a Dynamite Explosive Technician by the                        Federal Bureau of Mines.

CERTIFIED FIRE INVESTIGATOR (CFI)
. National Board on Fire Service Professional Qualifications.
CERTIFIED FIRE INVESTIGATOR (CFI)
. Pennsylvania State Fire Commissioner's Office.
FIRE INVESTIGATION / ARSON INSTRUCTOR
. Pennsylvania State FIre Academy
. Lewistown, PA.
CERTIFIED FIRE SERVICE INSTRUCTOR
. National Board on Fire Service Professional Qualifications.
ADJUNCT INSTRUCTOR
. National Fire Academy, Emittsburg, MD.
. Recognized as an expert in the field of Fatal Fire Investigation, not only in determination of the origin and cause of the fire, but also the cause of death.

2005 PENNSYLVANIA STATE FIRE ACADEMY THROUGH BUCKS COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE - INSTRUCTOR FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION

ARSON AWARENESS / EMERG. RESPONSE PERSONNEL - (AAEP)
 CAMBRIA HEIGHTS HIGH SCHOOL / CAMBRIA COUNTY FIRE SCHOOL

ARSON DETECTION FOR THE FIRST RESPONDER - NFA (ADFR)
               SOMERSET AREA HIGH SCHOOL / SOMERSET

FIRE ARSON INVESTIGATION / ELECTRICAL I OVERVIEW - (AERO)
              HUGHESVILLE  HIGH SCHOOL / MAMA FIRE TRAINING GROUNDS

ARSON DETECTION FOR THE FIRST RESPONDER - (ADFR)
               SPRING 2005 FIRE POLICE WEEKEND - SOMERSET & CAMBRIA FIRE POLICE  ASSOCIATIONS

ARSON AWARENESS / EMERG. RESPONSE PERSONNEL - (AAEP)
 LANCASTER PUBLIC SAFETY TRAINING CENTER     

Pennsylvania State University: Arson Detection
Pennsylvania State Fire Academy, Lewistown, PA.
. Train-the-Trainer,
. Arson Awareness for Emergency Response Personnel.
Pennsylvania State Fire Academy, Lewistown, PA.
. Train-the-Trainer,
. Arson Detection for the First Responder.
Lee S. Cole and Associates:
. Investigation of Vehicle Fires.
Pennsylvania State Fire Academy, Lewistown, PA.
. Arson Detection / Fire Investigation

Harrisburg Area Community College:  Arson Detection and Fire Investigation.

Pennsylvania State University:  Arson Detection.

National Fire Academy, Emmitsburg, MD:  Building Construction--Wood and Ordinary.

National Fire Academy, Emmitsburg, MD:  Building Construction--Non Combustible and Fire Resistive.

Pennsylvania State Police Southwest Training Academy, Greensburg, PA:  Advanced Arson Detection and Fire Investigation.

Pennsylvania State Fire Academy, Lewistown, PA:  Fire Scene Photography.

Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, Glenco, Georgia:  Advanced Explosives Training.

United States Fire Administration, Green Tree, PA:  Juvenile Fire Setters / Juvenile Intervention.

Pennsylvania State Fire Academy, Lewistown, PA:  Advanced Electrical / Fire and Arson Electrical.

Pennsylvania State Fire Academy, Lewistown, PA:   Educational Methodology.

Center for Juvenile Justice Training and Research,  Shippensburg University, PA:  Juvenile Firesetters.

National Fire Academy, Emmitsburg, MD:  Methodology:  1)  First Responders to the Fire Scene, 2)  Company Officers at the Fire Scene.

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA):  Flying Armed Training.

Pennsylvania State Police Southwest Training Center:  Aerial Reconnaissance and Enforcement.

Pennsylvania State Police:  1996 Update Training Certification.

-- Pennsylvania Association of Arson Investigators (PAAI), Active Member.
. Past Chairman, Juvenile Firesetters Committee.

-- International Association of Arson Investigators, Inc. (IAAI), Active Member.

-- American Association of State Troopers, Active Member.
-- Fraternal Order of Police, Frank J. Kelly Memorial Lodge #62, Active

Member.
-- National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Active Member.
--Member B.O.C.C.A. national electric codes.

Trooper, Pennsylvania State Police, 1971-1997

Appointed to the BUREAU OF CRIME, 1985

Appointed to the FIRE MARSHAL DIVISION, April, 1992 Conducted 858 fire investigations:  Arson, Accidental, and Fire of                     Undetermined Origin.

Conducted over 2,900 fire investigations:
. Arson, Accidental And Fire of Undetermined Origin.

Field Trained and supervised PA. State Fire Marshals in Cambria, Indiana and Somerset Counties.

-- as assigned by the Director of the Pa. State Police
- Fire Marshal Division.

-- courses: Arson, Advanced Arson, Motor Vehicle

Fire Investigations, Legal Aspects of Fire Investigation.

May 1997, Annual State Conference:

"3-Dimensional Fire Scene Diagrams".

May 1995, Seventh Annual Traffic Safety Enforcement Conference for Police
Officers: "Arson Investigation - Vehicles", "Arson Investigation - Buildings".

May 1996, Eighth Annual Traffic Safety Enforcement Conference
for Police Officers: "Arson Investigation - Vehicles",
"Arson Investigation - Buildings".

May 1997, Ninth Annual Traffic Safety Enforcement Conference
for Police Officers: "Arson Investigation - Vehicles".

Harrisburg Area Community College:
. Arson Detection and Fire Investigation.

National Fire Academy, Emittsburg, MD.
. Building Construction - Non Combustible and Fire Resistive.

Pennsylvania State Police
. 1996 Update Training Certification.

Pa. State Police Southwest Training Academy, Greensburg, PA.
. Aerial Reconnaisance and Enforcement.