Captain Les Dupuis is a native of Donkin, Nova Scotia. He started his firefighting career with the Canadian Armed Forces in 1992 and developed from a Recruit Firefighter to Crew Chief.  He is a Fire Service Instructor for the following courses: Structural Fires, Aircraft Rescue Firefighting, Automobile Fires and Casualty Extrication Ops, Confined Spaces, Special Problem Fires, Shipboard Fire Fighting, Classroom Instruction, Fire Inspections, Medical Ops and Training Ops. After 7 years service as DND Fire Service, Captain Dupuis accepted a position as a firefighter at the Greater Toronto Airports Authority Emergency Services in February of 1999.  He was promoted to a Captain of the training department In July of 2004. He is a Training Officer and certified by the International Fire Service Accreditation Congress (IFSAC) and Oklahoma State University for the following National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) standards:

• NFPA STD 472 Hazardous Materials Incidents Responder (Awareness, Operator & Technician Level)
• NFPA STD 1001  Firefighter Level I, II
• NFPA STD 1002  Fire Apparatus Driver/Operator
• NFPA STD 1003  Airport Firefighter
• NFPA STD 1021  Fire Officer Level I
• NFPA STD 1031  Fire Inspector Level I, II
• NFPA STD 1035  Public Fire Educator level I
• NFPA STD 1041  Fire Service Instructor Level I

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