Braden Steckel

Proven leader in fire scene operations. Committed to enhancing team performance and ensuring effective mitigation at emergency scenes valuing life safety and property conservation.

-Developed daily schedule and system for daily operations

-Ran College Resident Firefighter Program

-Part of committee for SOG Development

-Lead the process of lowering our ISO score

-Lead the bid process and acquisition of new air packs

-Kansas Fire Marshal Fire Investigator II

-Firefighter 1 and 2

-Wildland Fire Training

-Driver/Operator

-Fire Instructor

-Fire Officer

-Hazmat Awareness, Operations, and Technician

-Technical Rescue

-Confined Space Rescue

-High Angle Rescue

-Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting

-FEMA Emergency Management Professional Development

-ICS 100, 200, 700, 800, 120, 230, 235, 240, 241, 242, 244

-Emergency Medical Technician

-KU Supervisory Leadership Training

-KU Emerging Leaders Academy

-KU Certified Public Manager

-Other certifications can be provide upon request

-Merit Award

On March 6, 2017, we were assisting with a large scale grass fire in Oklahoma. We provided protection for firefighters and citizens evacuating the river area. Being stranded with an incapacitated truck and being taken over by fire, myself with the assistance of another firefighter were able to protect our trucks and save our crew from injury or great bodily harm. We were then able to hike and lead our crew out of the area.

-Medal of Merit

On September 1, 2023, I made entry into a confined space trailer to find three unconscious patients. With assistance from firefighters outside the trailer, we were able to extract the patients from the hazardous environment to be passed along to medical care. Two of the patients survived.