Francis Hymel
Vacherie,LA
Summary
Committed job seeker with a history of meeting company needs with consistent and organized practices. Skilled in working under pressure and adapting to new situations and challenges to best enhance the organizational brand. Organized and motivated employee eager to apply time management and organizational skills in various environments. Team-oriented collaborator with reliability and focus on equitable task distribution through group projects and motivation to accomplish mutually held goals.
Overview
32
32
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Exercise, Response and Exercise Specialist
The Response Group
Cypress, TX
01.2023 - Current
- Provide hazardous materials instruction
- Assist and support in Federal, State and Local trainings and exercises requirements to clients
- Respond to industrial and transportation incidents to providing emergency response support.
Contingency Plans Specialist
The Response Group
Cypress, TX
06.2019 - 12.2022
- Construct and maintain industrial plans to meet Federal, State, and/or Local requirements
- Provide hazardous materials instruction
- Assist and support in Federal, State and Local trainings and exercises requirements to clients
- Respond to industrial and transportation incidents to providing emergency response support.
Director of Emergency Preparedness
St James Parish Government
11.2016 - 06.2019
- Ensure the safety of St James Parish and its residents before, during and after catastrophic events
- Oversee landline phone operations, land mobile radio operations, as well as information technology
- Create general procedures and implement them for emergency responses, procuring relevant supplies and dispatching staff when necessary
- Adequately document reports of situations and their results
- Provide disaster preparedness training to personnel
- Develop and maintain liaisons with public departments and similar entities in order to facilitate plan development
- Oversee and manage 911 dispatchers, local fire services, information technology, recreation department adult jail medical services and juvenile incarceration
- Manage department revenue and expenditures.
Interim Director of Emergency Preparedness
St James Parish Government
Convent, LA
08.2016 - 11.2016
- Ensure the safety of St James Parish and its residents before, during and after catastrophic events
- Oversee landline phone operations, land mobile radio operations as well as information technology
- Create general procedures and implement them for emergency responses, procuring relevant supplies and dispatching staff when necessary
- Adequately document reports of situations and their results
- Provide disaster preparedness training to personnel
- Develop and maintain liaisons with public departments and similar entities in order to facilitate plan development
- Overseeing and managing of 911 dispatchers, local fire services, information technology, recreation department, adult jail medical services and juvenile incarceration
- Managing department revenue and expenditures.
Assistant Director of Emergency Preparedness
St. James Parish Government
06.2006 - 08.2016
- Ensure the safety of St James Parish and its residents before, during and after catastrophic events
- Oversee landline phone operations, as well as land mobile radio operations
- Create general procedures for emergency responses, procuring relevant supplies, and dispatching staff when necessary
- Adequately document reports of situations and their results
- Provide disaster preparedness training to personnel
- Develop and maintain liaisons with public departments and similar entities in order to facilitate plan development
- Overseeing and managing of 911 dispatchers and local fire services
- Managing revenue and expenditures of local volunteer fire departments.
EMT-Paramedic
Acadian Ambulance Service Incorporated
04.2000 - 06.2006
- Advanced Life Support (ALS) for medical and trauma patients
- Transporting of emergent and non-emergent patients safely
- Daily inventory of ambulance.
EMT-Basic
Acadian Ambulance Service Incorporated
12.1991 - 03.2000
- Basic medical and trauma life support for patients
- Transporting of emergent and non-emergent patients safely
- Working together with a Paramedic to assist in Advanced Life Support (ALS)
- Daily inventory of ambulance.
Education
EMT-Paramedic Certification -
South Central Louisiana Technical College
03.2000
EMT-Basic Certification -
Thibodaux Vocational Technical
09.1991
High School Graduate -
E. D. White Catholic High School
05.1990
Skills
- Crisis Management
- Goal Setting
- Multitasking
- Decision-Making
- Evacuation Procedures
- Time management abilities
- Active Listening
- Organizational Skills
- Emergency Response Coordination
- Community Relations
- Adaptability and Flexibility
- Analytical Thinking
Civic Organizations
- Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials International (APCO)-National Member
- Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO)-Louisiana Chapter (Past President)
- Louisiana Emergency Preparedness Association (LEPA)
- Louisiana State Fireman’s Association (LFSA) Life Member
- National Emergency Number Association (NENA)
- Vacherie Volunteer Fire Department (Titles of Junior Firefighter, Firefighter, Captain, Assistant Rescue Chief, Rescue Chief, Deputy Fire Chief and Fire Chief)
- Knights of Columbus No. 1514 member
References
Available upon request
Certification
- HAZWOPER Instructor (29 CFR 1910.120)
- OSHA 30
Affiliations
- Currently enrolled in Associate of Applied Science, Fire Science- Bossier Parish Community College
Timeline
Exercise, Response and Exercise Specialist
The Response Group
01.2023 - Current
Contingency Plans Specialist
The Response Group
06.2019 - 12.2022
Director of Emergency Preparedness
St James Parish Government
11.2016 - 06.2019
Interim Director of Emergency Preparedness
St James Parish Government
08.2016 - 11.2016
Assistant Director of Emergency Preparedness
St. James Parish Government
06.2006 - 08.2016
EMT-Paramedic
Acadian Ambulance Service Incorporated
04.2000 - 06.2006
EMT-Basic
Acadian Ambulance Service Incorporated
12.1991 - 03.2000
EMT-Paramedic Certification -
South Central Louisiana Technical College
EMT-Basic Certification -
Thibodaux Vocational Technical
High School Graduate -
E. D. White Catholic High School
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