Eddie White

Specialist

Eddie joined the fire service in 1972 as a volunteer with Conyers Fire Department. A year later he joined them as a full time employee. He immediately became certified as an EMT and then a CPR instructor. When technical rescue became popular in the early 80s Eddie immediately began the endeavor to become proficient in that field. He began instructing in Rope Rescue techniques in 1985. Today he continues to instruct rope rescue, confined space rescue, Rescue Systems, CPR/AED/FA, Fire Instructor 1, basic firefighting and other topics. Eddie retired from the Rockdale County Fire Department in 2007 but continues sharing what he has picked up over the years. Innumerable lives have been touched for many years during his professional Fire Service career as an independent contractor for the Georgia Fire Academy, Georgia Firefighter Standards and Training, Georgia Firefighters Association, Georgia Fire Chiefs Association, Georgia Association of EMS as well as various private organizations teaching both public fire departments and private industry.