T. Sandy Munns

About T. Sandy Munns

I started in the fire service as a volunteer while still in High School. After vocational school, I discovered that a full-time fire service career was more rewarding and became a member of the Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District in 1979, which merged with Reno in I found a new passion, taking training, participating in a variety of special projects, and gradually advancing through the ranks to Chief Officer. I have had the privilege of being an EMS Coordinator and Instructor, a member of the Regional Hazardous Materials Team (23 yrs), the Technical Rescue and Water Rescue Teams at TMFPD and Reno. I discovered the fun of sharing my knowledge and experience through instructing a wide variety of fire service subjects, for the department, the local community college, and independently. I have had the opportunity to be a member of Type 2 and Type 1 (National) Incident Management Teams, working on forest fires in 9 western states. I have been fortunate to work for both rural/suburban and urban/metro departments, which has allowed me to experience almost every aspect of the fire service. I had the honor of serving as the Emergency Manager for the City of Reno (three years). I look forward to furthering my fire service career in the years ahead.\"To love what you do and feel that it matters - how could anything be more fun?\"-Katharine Graham, American publisher Specialties- Incident Command, ICS - Wildland/Urban Interface - Wildland Fire Behavior Analyst - Hazmat Technician/Incident Commander - Emergency Management, EOC Operations - Automatic and Mutual Aid Agreements - GIS/CAD for incident dispatching, EMD - Public Information and Public Education Experience in- Response stats and Standards of Cover - Grants, Mgt. of special projects - Apparatus specs - Swiftwater, Dive, Tech Rescue - Labor negotiations

Experience

1. Owner Instructor Consultant

   Intrepid Enterprises

   Feb 1984 — Present · Reno, NV, US

   Consulting services in municipal fire department operations, and Emergency Management.Independent and contract instruction of ICS courses, Hazmat, Wildland Firefighting, Emergency Medical Services, and Emergency Management courses.

Education

• Idaho State University

  Auto Mechanics/Machine Shop

  1976 — 1978

• American Military University

  Master's Degree, Public Administration - Emergency Management concentration

  2011 — 2014

• University of Silicon Valley

  Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Fire Prevention Technology

  1998 — 2000

• Truckee Meadows Community College

  A.A.S., Auto Mechanics

  1976 — 1990

• Truckee Meadows Community College

  A.A.S., Business Mid-Management

  1987 — 1990

• Truckee Meadows Community College

  A.A.S., Fire Science

  1979 — 1987

• University of Nevada, Reno

  Mechanical Engineering

  1996 — 2002