BRYCE JACOB ELMER
Dover,DE
Summary
Former United States Air Force LEAD FIREFIGHTER (BASIC LIFE SUPPORT) Professional firefighter with 10+ years of Air Force firefighting experience holding SECRET clearance. Demonstrates integrity, work-ethic, and dedication, to protect life and property. Experienced in emergency response and managing high stress situations including structural/aircraft firefighting, vehicle accidents, HAZMAT, emergency medical, rescue operations and airfield operations. Rewarded for the ability to deliver outstanding results with the highest degree of service and experience.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
GS-7 Driver/ Operator
Dover Afb Fire Department
05.2025 - Current
- Led as crew chief emergency vehicles, directing crew fire on 10 aircraft/ structural emergency responses.
- Ensured fleet reliability by leading regular safety inspections, identifying maintenance needs, and maintaining peak operational readiness for emergency response.
- Mentored junior firefighters, fostering a supportive learning environment and promoting professional growth.
Lead Firefighter/EMT
Luke Air Force Base Fire Department
04.2019 - 02.2025
- Supervised 12 junior enlisted personnel and ensured 100% successful career development, and skill progression.
- Responded to 400+ emergencies, to include: BLS, HAZMAT, and structural responses. As well as in-flight/ground emergencies on assigned F-16 and F-35 aircraft, ensuring proper documentation of all emergencies using NFIRS program.
- Blue Card certified and qualified to perform on-scene command and control, responded to mutual-aid requests, through automatic aid agreements with the adjacent departments within a five-mile radius of the base.
- Support and manage various programs within the department to include hose testing, pump testing, PPE, and air fuel drivers training. Assigned as the unit equipment custodian for over $480k worth of equipment.
- Recognized by unit commander for actions instructing 24 Firefighters on F-35 egress by providing ten hours of hands on and classroom training. Including advising on emergencies over ten days, enabling 216 flight training hours and two large scale training exercises involving aircraft from three fighter wings.
- Supervisor: Damian Perez (623) 856-6641
- Hours per week: 72 hrs. per week (48hrs on/ 48hrs off)
- Grade: SSgt/ E-5
Station Captain/ Team Lead
Chabelly Air Base, Djibouti Africa
10.2023 - 04.2024
- Deployed to Chabelly Airfield as the station captain. Managed a team of 9 personnel and 16 programs. Program lead of unit weapons program for 145 air force personnel, conducted building inspections and documented inspection records on 140 facilities, evaluated and enforced comprehensive safety protocols to maintain unit operational readiness.
- Mitigated 12 emergencies as incident commander including, structural, medical and ARFF responses.
- Conducted and coordinated training for 10 personnel ensuring all personnel met mandated yearly training requirements, leading to successful completion of 12 career development courses and 2 skill level upgrades.
- Led a team of 10 responders and 3 firefighting apparatus on outside the wire recovery and extinguishment response. Ensured successful recovery of sensitive information, cordoned off hazard and facilitated destruction and disposal operations with explosive ordinance disposal partners.
- Awarded an Army achievement medal for leading a team of 6 to build living facilities and construct tents to prepare for an influx of 110 additional army personnel to increase base defense efforts.
- Supervisor: Michael Bailey (703) 434-1118
- Hours per week: 72 hrs. per week (48hrs on/ 48hrs off)
- Grade: SSgt/ E-5
Station Captain/ Lead Firefighter
Bashur Airfield, Bashur Iraq
06.2021 - 02.2022
- Deployed as Station Captain/ lead firefighter. Provided Basic Life Support, hazardous material response, rescue operations, structural/aircraft firefighting, wildland firefighting, and incident command at a contingency location.
- Coordinated and managed multiple fire department programs to include equipment custodian, managing $36k worth of equipment. As well as vehicle maintenance assisting with major repair projects and routine maintenance. Fire prevention program overseeing inspection and documentation for over 82 facilities.
- Led a team of 9 firefighters on 3 response vehicles to 7 wildland fires covering 10 acres of base property. Oversaw direct fire attack, command and control, and asset utilization.
- Supervisor: Michael Barbett (316) 882-9677
- Hours per week: 168 hrs. per week (24/7, on-call)
- Grade: SSgt/ E-5
Driver Operator/ Firefighter
Francis E. Warren AFB
04.2015 - 04.2019
- Performed structural and rescue firefighting for all base facilities and nuclear field control sites. Responded to medical emergencies as EMR. Responded to structural emergencies as driver operator, mutual aid wildland emergencies, and primary rescue technician to missile launch sites.
- Was driver operator for structural fire responses utilizing hydraulics to maintain waterflow, water pressure and water levels to mitigate line (friction) losses for interior fire fighting operations.
- Certified as rescue technician, I led multiple training exercises and performed 3 rescue operations in remote field sites using minimal resources.
- Serve and engage as a hazardous materials technician to eliminate hazardous material emergencies with necessary equipment and personnel protective equipment.
- Supervisor: Jody Thomason (307) 275-2303
- Hours per week: 72 hrs. per week (48hrs on/ 48hrs off)
- Grade: SrA/ E-4
Education
NREMT-B -
Unitek LLC
Tempe, Arizona10.2024
Fire Science
Community College of The Air Force
Skills
- Leadership/Team building coordination
- Strong communication
- Personnel Supervision & development
- Operations management
- Emergency managementProblem-solving
Certification
- Fire Fighter I/II
- Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighter
- Driver/Operator Pumper
- Driver/Operator ARFF
- Driver/Operator Mobile Water Supply
- Driver/Operator Aerial
- IFSAC Public Telecommunicator I/II
- Fire Instructor I /II
- Fire Officer I/ II
- Fire Inspector I /II
- 100, 200, 300, 400, 700, 775 and 800 NIMS certified
- Incident Safety Officer
- Rescue Technician / Confined Space/ Rope Rescue I/II
- Hazardous Materials Awareness/ Operations/ Technician
- Blue Card
- NREMT-B - LIC#E3871874
Timeline
GS-7 Driver/ Operator
Dover Afb Fire Department
05.2025 - Current
Station Captain/ Team Lead
Chabelly Air Base, Djibouti Africa
10.2023 - 04.2024
Station Captain/ Lead Firefighter
Bashur Airfield, Bashur Iraq
06.2021 - 02.2022
Lead Firefighter/EMT
Luke Air Force Base Fire Department
04.2019 - 02.2025
Driver Operator/ Firefighter
Francis E. Warren AFB
04.2015 - 04.2019
NREMT-B -
Unitek LLC
Fire Science
Community College of The Air Force