Coty Allen Price
Piney Mountain Strike Team
Shippensburg,United States
1
Certification
16
years of professional experience
Resourceful Wildland Firefighter experienced in fire suppression techniques and emergency response in wildland settings. Managed firefighting operations through effective teamwork and strategic thinking while ensuring safety and resource management. Developed community wildland fire protection plans and demonstrated resilience in high-stress environments.
Work History
Maintenance
2 Years 4 Months- N/A
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- Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills: Perform maintenance on various types of fence such as worm and 5 rail fence to historical presence, use brush cutters, weed Wackers, to trim fence for repair. Use post-hole diggers, digging iron and shovels to replace posts. Help around doing various jobs around the battlefield chipping operations using pull behind chipper and dump truck. Drive dump truck and pickup truck to transport materials and crew to job sites around park. Use chain saw to buck up downed trees and branches to be chipped. Operate skid loader and auger Duties, accomplishments and related skills operates up to 55 horsepower diesel powered industrial type tractor with attachments (i.e., 3-point hitch mounted PTO driven 80 inch cut rotary mower, post hole auger, 7 foot one-way snow plow, 7 foot grader blade, etc.). Operate pickup trucks, dump truck, stake body trucks and UTV's. Conducted operator's preventative maintenance and inspections on equipment following manufacturer’s recommendations. Performs paved and unpaved trail maintenance tasks. Makes road repairs, bituminous and aggregate surfaces (i.e., by filling in potholes and raveled edges with bituminous patching material, by adding and spreading crushed stone to correct irregularities, etc.). Removes dead, hazardous, and fallen trees and limbs from roadways, trails and park grounds. Constructed and repaired various historic and non-historic fencing to preserve park integrity and enhance visitor experience. Performs turf maintenance. Operated self-propelled riding mowers. Operates smaller gasoline (2 & 4 cycle) powered equipment. Moderate to heavy physical effort may be required in operating equipment, in lifting 45-100 pounds, for example lifting trash containers, moving tables and benches, loading and unloading cargo, in repairing/constructing roads, trails and fences, using hand tools to dig and backfill ditches, etc. Construction and repairs a variety of historic and non-historic type fencing (i.e.; Virginia worm, and 5 rail). Performs turf maintenance by replacing soil back to undisturbed state. Operator of self-propelled riding type mower (i.e.; walk behind brush cutter and riding mowers) for fence repair. Use of post-hole diggers, digging iron, and shovels to replace posts. Assisting doing various jobs around the battlefield, such as chipping operations, using pull behind chipper and dump truck. Operating dump truck and pickup truck to transport materials and crew to job sites around park, and machine operator using skid loader and auger to drill post holes. Using chainsaws to remove dead, hazardous, and fallen trees and limbs from roadways, trails, and park grounds. Performs operator preventative maintenance (i.e.; oil changes, greasing of equipment, air filters, warning lights, and fluids), inspections on the equipment using the manufacturers recommendations, and making sure the maintenance log and record entries are appropriate. Lastly, coordinates ACE crew members on job tasks to be performed.
- Supervisor: Randall Hill (717-752-9171)
- Okay to contact this Supervisor: Yes
Wildland Firefighter
10 Months- Led firefighting operations to contain wildfires, ensuring team safety and effective resource deployment.
- Coordinated with local agencies to strategize fire suppression efforts, improving operational efficiency during incidents.
- Developed and implemented training programs for new recruits, enhancing team performance and safety awareness.
- Conducted risk assessments and site evaluations to identify potential hazards before fire season commenced.
Lieutenant/firefighter 1
6 Years 8 Months- Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills: Administered basic life support and first aid, provided fire suppression and vehicle rescue techniques
- Tracked work hours to ensure compliance with scheduling requirements
- Confirmed availability for supervisor contact regarding work performance
- Provided supervisor contact information for reference purposes
Deputy Emergency Management Coordinator
8 Years 7 Months- Salary: $18.00 USD per Hour
- Hours per week: 24
- Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills: Collaborated with various departments and agencies to enhance emergency management support; developed and implemented plans, procedures and protocols; assisted in the development and implementation of plans; develop and implement emergency management systems; created incident management reports; develop and maintained effective liaison with county departments and agencies.
Wildland Firefighter
15 Years 10 Months- Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills: Assisted with control burns by igniting prescribed burn areas using a drip torch and flare gun.
- Determined compensation based on piece work system
- Worked a total of 24 hours each week
Education
Technical or occupational certificate - Diesel Tech
High school diploma or equivalent - General Studies
Skills
Equipment operation
Fire suppression
Heavy machinery operation
Team coordination
Safety protocols
Team management
Resource allocation
Land management
Vegetation management
Incident reporting
Emergency management
Maintenance strategies
Public safety communication
Hazard mitigation
Fire suppression tools
Emergency response
Trail maintenance
Maintenance reporting
Equipment maintenance
Backfire tactics
Emergency response management
Affiliations
- Friendship Hose Company (10/2006- current) - Firefighter provide fire and rescue service to the community, driver operator
- Lower Mifflin Township (01/18-current) - deputy emergency management coordinator, provide preventive measures in emergency situations
- Blain District 3 forestry firefighter (05/2014-current) - Wildland firefighter fire suppression and containment
- Penn Twp. Fire Dept. (12/2013- current) - Firefighter, driver operator provide fire and rescue service to community
- Vigilant Hose Company 12/2020-current Lieutenant/firefighter 1 provide fire and rescue service to the community, driver operator
- Western Emergency Management Association 01/18-current
Certification
- L-180- Human Factors on the Fire line- May 2014
- S-130- Firefighting Training- May 2014
- FI-110 Wildland Fire Observations and Origin Scene
- PA- 130- April 2008
- S-190 Introduction to Wildland Fire- February 2009
- S-131 Firefighter type 1 -June 2018
- NWCG IQCS - Training officer/Training coordinator/Nomination coordinator(2016) September 2018
- NWCG IQCS - Group Leader/Supervisor (2016) September 2018
- NWCG IQCS- FMO/Certifying Official (2016) September 2018
- NWCG IQCS- Account manager (2016) September 2018
- NWCG IQCS- Core (2016) September 2018
- NWCG S-290 intermediate wildfire behavior September 2018
- NWCG S-219 Firing operations June 2019
- Emergency Medical Responder- August 2016
- ICS 700- May 2006
- ICS 100- November 2008
- ICS 200- February 2010
Additional Information
- Local Basic Certification (PEMA/Deputy Coordinator (Lower Mifflin Township) )
Timeline
Wildland Firefighter
Central Michaux Forest Fire Crew
10.2025 - CurrentRead More
Maintenance
National Park Service Gettysburg maintenance
04.2024 - CurrentRead More
Lieutenant/firefighter 1
Vigilant Hose Company
12.2019 - CurrentRead More
Deputy Emergency Management Coordinator
Lower Mifflin Township
01.2018 - CurrentRead More
Wildland Firefighter
Piney Mountain Strike Team
10.2010 - CurrentRead More
Big Spring High School
High school diploma or equivalent from General Studies
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Cumberland Perry AVTS
Technical or occupational certificate from Diesel Tech
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