Dean Nelson

Dean Nelson is an 11 year student of the fire service. Dean was recently promoted to 1st Asst. Chief and has been the training officer of the Chadwick Fire Department for several years. Dean has held the ranks of Firefighter, 1st Lieutenant, 1st Captain, & Training Officer. In addition to his background as a Volunteer FF & Officer, he also served as a firefighter for the Department of Defense.

Dean graduated from the Department of Defense Fire Academy. He is a certified Instructor I through the International Fire Service Accreditation Congress while also being certified as FF I/ FFII, Hazardous Materials Awareness/ Ops, Airport Firefighter, Driver Operator /Pumper, Incident Safety Officer and Fire Officer I. Dean is currently serving as Secretary of Administrative Services/Staff Instructor for RICOFIRERESCUE INC. Dean is currently working on his Associates degree in Fire Science.

He has been involved in organizing several training programs dedicated to firefighter safety & survival.