Phil Ambrose

Phil Ambrose

Palos Verdes Peninsula, California, United States
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I am an engaging, proactive and effective Safety Leader with extensive experience…

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  • The Gray Area: Firefighter Rescue and Hazmat

    Fire Engineering

    For many responders, calls for a suicidal person are becoming more the norm than the exception. Ingestion, hanging, laying across train tracks, electricity, and weapons are common methods people employ to end their lives. My neighboring agency has trained a team to deploy an air bag at their local bridge, which is famous for jumpers. When weapons are involved, we correctly stage for obvious reasons and defer to law enforcement experts. However, should we be as cautious with chemicals as we are…

    For many responders, calls for a suicidal person are becoming more the norm than the exception. Ingestion, hanging, laying across train tracks, electricity, and weapons are common methods people employ to end their lives. My neighboring agency has trained a team to deploy an air bag at their local bridge, which is famous for jumpers. When weapons are involved, we correctly stage for obvious reasons and defer to law enforcement experts. However, should we be as cautious with chemicals as we are with weapons? This is an important question because as the number of calls for suicidal individuals grow, so, too, does the choice of chemicals as a means of death. The answer to this question is yes—we must exercise caution, but we don’t always have to wait for hazmat experts.

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  • A Mysterious Gas Emergency

    Firehouse

    Natural gas leaks that result in explosions are a real and present danger in the fire service. Most municipal jurisdictions dispatch several units for an alarm of "smell of natural gas" inside a structure – and for good reason. The consequences of a leak finding an ignition source in an enclosed structure can be catastrophic.

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  • Hands on HazMat

    Fire & Rescue

Organizations

  • FIRESCOPE Emerging Information Technologies

    Chairman

    - Present

    Work group tasked with assisting the navigation of technology in the fire service.

  • Entrepreneur Organization - Accelerator

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  • CONSORTIUM OF TECHNICAL RESPONDERS

    Board Secretary

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  • FIRE ENGINEERING MAGAZINE

    Technical Advisor

  • Wellness Works for Veterans

    Board Member

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