Darrell E. Spradley

Darrell E. Spradley

President

Darrell joined the fire service, as a Firefighter in 1985, in Crisp County Georgia.  He began his career in technical rescue in 1988 and began teaching technical rescue for the Fire Service as an Adjunct Instructor for the Georgia Fire Academy in 1990.  Since that time Darrell has become one of the premier Instructors in the Southeast in the areas of Firefighting and Technical Rescue. Darrell holds National Professional Qualification (NPQ) as Fire Instructor III, Rope Rescue Technician, Confined Space Rescue Technician, Trench Rescue Technician, Structural Collapse Technician, Firefighter III, Emergency Apparatus Operator, Hazardous Materials A, and NPQ Evaluator. Darrell is retired from Griffin Fire Rescue, in Griffin Georgia where he served as Training Officer for 11 years.  Darrell was instrumental in the formation and training of State of Georgia’s GSAR (Georgia Search and Rescue) Teams and serves as a team leader and Training Committee Member for Central Georgia GSAR Task Force IV. Darrell has worked for many years during his professional Fire Service career as an independent contract Instructor / consultant for several State Agencies  to include the Georgia Fire Academy, Georgia Firefighter Standards and Training and Georgia Emergency Management Agency as well as private organizations such as the Guardian Center and other private industry.