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AUGUST VERNON August
Vernon is currently the Operations Officer for the Forsyth County
Office of Emergency Management (NC). August returned to his position in
2005 at Emergency Management
after a year in Iraq as a security contractor conducting route
clearance and long-range convoy security operations for the U.S. Army.
Vernon has been employed in Emergency Management for thirteen years and
also served as a paid member of the fire service and
a fire service instructor. He also served in the U.S. Army as a CBRN
(Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear) Operations Specialist
for 4 years.
August has given over 200 multi-agency presentations at classroom
sessions, field training events, conferences, workshops, and seminars
over the past 13 years. Mr. Vernon teaches courses in Incident
Management, Mass Violence/Mass Shootings, Emergency & Crisis
Management and Terrorism Planning-Response. Since 2004 he has served as
technical reviewer for the development of seven different public safety
training films produced by the Emergency Film Group. August has also
presented in several public safety training
films.
August provides critical incident and crisis management planning,
exercises and training at the local, regional, state and federal level.
He has also written over 40 nationally published articles and is also
author of the First Responders Critical Incident
Field Guide published by Red Hat Publishing.
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