Assistant Housing Manager in the United States Coast Guard with 3 years 5 months in service. Proficiently manage 4 multi-family housing units to include all maintenance and inspections of facilities; Previously employed at Homer Volunteer Fire Department as an EMT-1/FF1 Seasonal Hire regularly running calls, writing reports, conducting rig checks, and performing any other tasks as directed. Attended vocational school in Vermont for 2 years studying automotive technology, welding, and power mechanics prior to enlistment.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Housing Manager
United States Coast Guard
11.2020 - Current
Managed 5 multi-family housing units to include; assigning members to housing, vacating members, completing all paperwork and updating electronic records, and conducting all necessary maintenance.
Conducted home and apartment inspections among 5 different buildings with multiple families to identify safety issues and needed repairs.
Oversaw local housing opportunities on economy to prevent displacement of housing members who did not qualify for government housing.
Conducted inspections of property grounds, buildings and equipment to identify maintenance concerns and direct timely repairs.
Communicated effectively with residents to investigate concerns, comments, or inquiries.
Firefighter/Emergency Medical Technician
Homer Volunteer Fire Department
06.2022 - 12.2022
Prior to Employment, member spent over 660 hours at department in first 3 months, obtaining EMT-1 and driver certification, lessening workload on paid staff.
Volunteered over 100 hours since employment began assisting in EMT-1 class and spending nights at fire department while not on regular shift due to staffing shortages.
Responded to emergency medical calls to perform lifesaving procedures and other emergency medical services.
Oversaw equipment and vehicle upkeep to maintain emergency readiness.
Initiated first aid measures to alleviate further injury and prepared victims for transport to medical facilities.
Evaluated situation at emergency sites to determine and execute most effective methods for saving life and property.
In addition to regular time spent on shift, member also spent over 160 hours over a 3 month period at the station completing Firefighter 1 class.
Responded to 21 calls in 5 month period while off shift due to high acuity emergencies and lack of staffing; accounting for over 40 hours of time spent at station off shift.
Regularly attends Tuesday Night Trainings accounting for a cumulative of over 40 hours in 5 months covering Fire Ground and EMS Related Topics. These hours do not include time spent training outside of scheduled Tuesday Nights.
Inventoried variety of surplus items at Fire Department for auction to generate revenue for Department.
Machinery Intern
United States Coast Guard
10.2019 - 06.2021
Maintained positive work atmosphere by building relationships with co-workers, customers, clients and management.
Conducting security rounds of ship to include all machinery spaces and equipment such as: main diesel engines, CAT generators, CO2 fire suppression system, 25/5 ton reefer systems, etc.
Complete routine and emergency maintenance of equipment and the ship to include: oil changes, filter changes, flushing fuel from engines, welding lube oil pipes, welding doublers on deck, etc.
Maintenance of: CO2 and PKP fire extinguishers as well as emergency escape breathing devices.
Accomplishments :
Located ruptured 4" L/O pipe, worked for 10 hours with coworker to repair pipe avoiding $12,000 tug costs from dry dock to home port.
During counter narcotics deployment, volunteered 60+ hours repairing deck drains, welding doubler on chain locker deck, and repairing fan coil units improving habitability.
Assisted auxiliary machinery division late into night testing, draining, and wiping down potable water tanks during port call, which restored cutter capabilities and avoided a debilitating casualty which would have prevented underway deployment.
Worked until 0330 in the morning, (after working a full workday) draining, purging, and inspecting two high pressure fuel pumps after our #1 Main Diesel Engine and #1 Generator had been unexpectedly secured due to water in the fuel.
Directly supported interdiction of 03 drug smugglers carrying 2,000 pounds of cocaine valued at 37 million dollars during a 47 day patrol to the southern pacific.