Victoria Donahue
Garner,NC
Summary
Accomplished firefighter with 12 years of experience seeking employment as a part-time Fire & Rescue Instructor with Wake Tech. I will instruct and lead with an emphasis on exceptional performance, teamwork, and commitment to continuous education. I excel in delivering education in a manner that fosters a healthy, conducive and motivating learning environment where everyone wants to thrive and excel.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Firefighter II
Town of Cary
Cary, NC
06.2022 - Current
- Fire Instructor for Cary Fire academy 29.
- Consistently rated 'Exceptional' in performance reviews.
- Consistently peruses outside education.
- Part of the Cary Fire Department fitness team.
- Delivers station based formal & informal fitness & nutrition education and coaching.
- Conducts physical fitness sessions.
- Develops fitness schedules tailored for crew members.
- Facilitates tailored goal-setting sessions.
- Performs wellness assessments regularly.
- Completes fire and EMS reports.
- Aids in conducting fit testing activities
- Responds to emergency calls, assessing situations and providing necessary medical aid.
- Assists in conducting pre-plans.
Driver Operator/EMT
Carrboro Fire Rescue Department
Carrboro, NC
09.2016 - 06.2022
- Consistently rated 'Exceptional' in performance reviews.
- Acted as officer.
- Led apparatus company debriefings post-incident
- Drove and operated Engine, Ladder truck, and Brush unit.
- Completed fire and EMS reports, training, and activities in Firehouse reporting software.
- Facilitated training in many areas.
- Created the department mentorship program from the ground up.
- Created and published a mentor-to-mentee book for probationary firefighters to aid in their success.
- Experience handling personnel issues.
- Aggressively pursued outside education and certifications to better serve department and community.
- Head of child safety seat program and its responsibilities.
- Developed a good working professional relationship with the head of Orange County Safe Kids and other organizations in their network in order to better organize and streamline our efforts, and better serve our community.
- Was the department representative for the town in navigating the process of choosing a new EAP provider for the town, being the advocate of the firefighter's needs.
- Always engaged the public in a respectful fashion, with excellent customer service being the top priority.
- Experience writing SOGs.
- Promotes fire prevention and risk reduction in the community through public education.
- Time dedicated daily to professional personal development, including area familiarization, pre-plan study, SOG review, building reference binder, building fire features familiarization, reading educational books and articles, truck equipment and specifications familiarity, fire scene scenarios.
- Performed daily inspections and checks on fire apparatus.
- Inspected and serviced equipment and PPE beyond expectations to ensure a constant state of readiness.
- Conducted station and apparatus tours for visiting citizens.
- Built upon professional development through training at both the individual and company level year-round.
Captain
Town of Watertown Fire Department
Watertown, NY
01.2013 - 09.2016
- Drove Engine, Ladder truck, and Tanker.
- Trained/mentored incoming new firefighters.
- Head of training for those looking to get nationally certified in FF1 and FF2 on skills and knowledge necessary to get certifications.
- In multiple volunteer-based committees, including Pre Plan, Engine 77 restoration, Recruit NY, and Bunk In committees.
- Managed radio communications on scene with other units, agencies, and dispatch.
- Provided scene size-up, scene stabilization, and mitigation.
- Completed written records for run reports, training, and maintenance.
- Performed monthly and weekly truck checks.
- Acted as incident commander on scene.
- Responds and mitigates various types of emergencies in the community, including but not limited to fires, hazardous materials incidents, gas leaks, fire and CO alarms, MVCs, etc.
Education
Associate Degree - Fire Protection
Jefferson Community College
Watertown, NYAssociate Degree - Business Administration
Onondaga Community College
Syracuse, NYSkills
- Dedicated to Continuous Education
- Dependable Ethical Standards
- Exhibits Professional Pride
- Commitment to Excellence
- Community and citizen focused
- Demonstrates Optimistic Outlook
- Collaborative Team Member
- Empathetic Active Listener
- Time Management Expertise
- Exhibits Calmness in High-Stress Environments
- Adaptable Problem Solver
Certification
- Fire Instructor I
- Fire Officer I
- Fire Officer II
- Firefighter I
- Firefighter II
- ARFF (aircraft rescue Firefighter)
- Nozzle Forward
- North Carolina State EMT Basic
- ICS 100,200,300,700,800
- Class B license
- Driver Operator Pumps
- Driver Operator Aerials
- Technical Rescue
- Vehicle Rescue
- Hazmat Operations
- Hazmat Awareness
- Emergency Vehicle Driver
- Fire Law and Admin
- Assisting Individuals in Crisis
- Travis Howze "Post Traumatic Purpose" confence
- Training Days (In VA and "On the Road" in NC) 2024 & 2025
- Rosecrance Florian Symposium
- Group Crisis Intervention
- Critical Incident Stress Management
- National Fire Academy, Leadership Strategies for Community Risk Reduction
- Leadership Under Fire, Leadership Under Fire Optimizing Human Performance
- Leadership Under Fire Leadership seminar
- Child Safety Seat Technician
- Child Safety Seat Proxy
- Child Safety Seat: Transporting Children with Special Needs
- Modern fire attack workshop
- Accountability workshop
- Meter reading workshop
- Air Sampling and Monitoring Operations Level
- EVOC
- Water Rescue Awareness
- Fire Police
References
- William Vick, Captain, Cary Fire Department, (919) 210 5653 William.Vick@Carync.gov
- Jeffery Fox, Captain, Cary Fire Departmnet, (919) 369 4613 Jeffery.Fox@Carync.gov
- Chad Woods, Battalion Chief, Carrboro Fire Rescue Department, (919) 624 8026, Cwoods@carrboronc.gov
- Daniel Speight, Driver, Cary Fire Department, (919) 883 7512, Daniel.speight@carync.gov
Accomplishments
- Firefighter of the year, CRFD, 2021
- Service award, CRFD, 2021
- Life saving award, CRFD, 2019
- Firefighter of the year, TWFD, 2015
- Top Responder TWFD, 2014 & 2015
- Service award, TWFD, 2015
- Phi Theta Keppa National Honor society since 2016
- Jefferson Community College Presidents List, 2015
- Jefferson Community College Deans List
Timeline
Firefighter II
Town of Cary
06.2022 - Current
Driver Operator/EMT
Carrboro Fire Rescue Department
09.2016 - 06.2022
Captain
Town of Watertown Fire Department
01.2013 - 09.2016
Associate Degree - Fire Protection
Jefferson Community College
Associate Degree - Business Administration
Onondaga Community College