Matthew Lewis is a skilled Firefighter/EMT-B/Hazardous Materials Technician with over 15 years of experience in emergency services. He currently works for the Talbot County Department of Emergency Services where he responds to emergency calls, provides emergency medical care, and assists with emergency management planning. Lewis has extensive training and certifications in firefighting, hazardous materials response, emergency medical services, and incident command. He seeks to collaborate with other emergency professionals to efficiently and effectively serve the community.

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M ATT H E W L E W I S
OBJECTIVE
To collaborate and serve with a team of emergency services
professionals to provide efficient and effective fire, rescue, emergency
medical services, and emergency planning, mitigation, response, and
recovery for the community or establishment.
FUNCTIONAL SUMMARY
Skillful and dedicated Firefighter/EMT-B/Hazardous Materials
Technician with experience in interior and exterior firefighting,
emergency response, including assessing and treating persons
experiencing or who are at risk of injury.
 Awarded commendations for excellence in fire service
 Demonstrates ability to analyze problems quickly, logically, and use
sound judgment and discretion
 Efficiently stabilizes the condition of patients at the basic life
support level
 Highly focused to perform triage and prioritize response at major
incidents/accidents
 Inspection, maintenance and operation of emergency vehicle and
equipment
 Create and implement an all hazards emergency plan that will
mitigate hazards to the community.
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Hazardous Materials Technician - University of Maryland
Emergency Medical Technician-MIEMMS
Firefighter II -University of Maryland
EMPLOYMENT
Talbot County Department of Emergency Services February 2006-present
Determines the nature and extent of illness or injury and establishes priority for required
emergency care. Based on assessment findings, renders emergency medical care to adult,

2. infant and child, medical and trauma patients. Duties include but are not limited to,
opening and maintaining an airway, ventilating patients, and cardiopulmonary
resuscitation, including use of automated external defibrillators. Provide pre-hospital
emergency medical care of simple and multiple system trauma such as controlling
hemorrhage, treatment of shock (hypo perfusion), bandaging wounds, and immobilization
of painful, swollen, deformed extremities. Medical patients include: Assisting in
childbirth, management of respiratory, cardiac, diabetic, allergic, behavioral, and
environmental emergencies, and suspected poisonings. Additional care is provided based
upon assessment of the patient and obtaining historical information. These interventions
include assisting patients with prescribed medications, including sublingual nitroglycerin,
epinephrine auto-injectors and hand-held aerosol inhalers, administration of oxygen, oral
glucose and activated charcoal. Assisting the command staff with planning and
implementing emergency services policies as well as emergency management
participation.
St. Michael’s Fire Department July 2005-February 2006
Responded to emergency calls from the local community; provided health and wellness
screenings as requested from members of the local community; maintain the building,
grounds and vehicles; Talbot County absorbed this station and employment was
transferred.
University of Maryland Express Care April 2003-July 2005
Provided intra-hospital transport of patients in need of acute medical treatment; assisted
with providing life-sustaining treatments to support the Paramedic; operated the
emergency vehicle through various road and weather conditions including high volume
traffic.
EDUCATION
University of Phoenix
Bachelor’s of Science in Healthcare Administration/Emergency Management
Emergency Management Institute - Independent Study Program
Introduction to the Incident Command System, ICS 100
Introduction to Incident Command System, ICS 100 HC Healthcare/Hospitals
Introduction to the Incident Command System (ICS 100 HCB) HC/Hospitals
Introduction to the Incident Command System, ICS 100 for Higher Education
Introduction to the Incident Command System, ICS 100 for Law Enforcement
Basic Incident Command Systems, ICS 200 for Federal Disaster Workers
National Incident Management Systems, IS 700 an Introduction
NIMS Multi-agency Coordination Systems (MACS IS 00701a)

3. National Response Plan (NRP), an Introduction IS 800
Intermediate Incident Command System ICS 300
IS 907-Active Shooter
IS-230.d Fundamentals of Emergency Management
IS-1.a Emergency Manager an orientation to the position
University of Maryland MFRI
Essentials of Firefighting I-IV
First Responder Basic
Hazardous Materials Operations
Hazardous Materials Technician
Emergency Care Skills
EMT A
EMT B
American Burn Association
Advanced Care for Burns
REFERENCES
Wayne Cook, Captain BWI Fire and Rescue
443-783-1475
Kevin Carr, Firefighter IV Anne Arundel Fire Department
443-521-1121
Daryl Caldwell, Annapolis City Firefighter
410-829-4570