Captain Dave Lane is a native of Kingsville Ontario.  He started his firefighting career with the Lacombe Volunteer Fire Department, Lacombe Alberta in 1994.  Progressing from firefighter to Captain/Assistant Training Officer.  In 1999 Dave accepted a position as a full-time Instructor for the Alberta Fire Training school, Vermilion Alberta, and instructing structural fire fighting operations, vehicle extrication, fire officer, incident command, hazmat, fire service instructor and industrial fire fighting courses.  After two and a half years he transferred to AFTS’s Fort McMurray operations, as an Instructor teaching numerous firefighting programs. 

Dave completed his emergency medical responder training and certification in September of 2000 and his emergency medical technician – ambulance training in March of 2005.   In September of 2003 Dave accepted a position as a full-time industrial firefighter with Albian Sands Energy Inc. in Fort McMurray.  He developed from a fire fighter position to a emergency Co-ordinator (Captain) position, were he spent the last two and a half years until he accepted the position of Fire Service Instructor at the GTAA FESTI in December of 2007.  Currently Dave is responsible for the delivery of all Technical rescue programs for FESTI NFPA 1006 awareness, rope rescue, confined space rescue and industrial rope rescue. 

Dave is 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 at: Awareness, Operator                   and Technician Level
• NFPA STD 1001  Fire Fighter Level I &  II
• NFPA STD 1041  Fire Service instructor Level I & II
• NFPA STD 1002  Fire Apparatus Driver/Operator
• NFPA STD 1003  Airport Fire Fighter
• NFPA STD 1006  Rescue Technician-Rope Rescue
• NFPA STD 1021  Fire Officer Level I

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