Director of Training

Training Captain

Captain Dennis Buchanan has been with the Long Beach Fire Department for over 13 years and was assigned to the Training Division in July of 2005. He held the positions of firefighter and firefighter/paramedic at Station 10 for 9 years prior to being promoted to the rank of Captain. Dennis has coordinated many large operational drills and has been a lead instructor at the Fire Academy for over 5 years.
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Training Captain

Captain Don Anderson has been with the Long Beach Fire Department for over 9 years and was assigned to the Training Division in March of 2007. He held the positions of firefighter and firefighter/paramedic at Station 10, 11 and 1 for 7 years. He has held the rank of Captain for 2 years assigned to Station 7. Don has been a lead instructor at the Fire Academy and the Academy Coordinator for 5 Ambulance Operator Academies.
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Video Unit Director

Communications Specialist Steve Berger has performed as a Multimedia Coordinator for the Long Beach Fire Department since 1998. His responsibilities include:

• Providing Emergency Command Operations Center (ECOC) video communications support services.
• Assisting Fleet Operations with a mobile microwave video Homeland Security funded project to transmit live video feeds from remote command and communications vehicles to the ECOC.
• Supervising the LBFD Video Unit, producing, videotaping, directing, distributing, coding and archiving videos and computer based training programs.
• Spearheading and developing the LBFD Computer Based Training Program.
• Providing specialized on-location A/V support for Arson, Code Enforcement, in-service training, recruit training, Human Resource examinations, etc.
• Managing the Fire Departments 24 hr. cable TV channel for in-service training and important specialized information.
• Assisting The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with a video program demonstrating how DHS units will deploy, bring specialized resources and help reinforce responding emergency personnel in certain major incidents.
• Currently assigned as a consultant to The LA Area Fire Chiefs on a Urban Area Security Initiative project to network regional training classrooms with 2 way real time video and audio conferencing and deliver interactive computer based training to 34 fire departments and every firefighter in Region 1.
  
  In his spare time Berger set up a fiber optic Internet/streaming media hosting service at the Fire Training Center and is the Webmaster of LBFDtraining.com.
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Human Resource Development Consultant

Dr. Richard L. Resurreccion has been a life safety, technology and emergency management human resource development consultant for over a quarter of a century. He received his Doctor of Education degree from the University of Maryland, College Park and is a member of five professional and academic honor societies. Dr. Resurreccion is a California State University, Long Beach Professor Emeritus; he has also taught at the University of Maryland, College Park; California State University, Los Angeles; the University of Tennessee, Knoxville; and the University of Hawaii, Manoa. He has been an HRD consultant for such organizations as the Los Angeles City Fire Department, Las Vegas Fire Department, Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, Nevada Fire Chiefs' Association, and the National Fire Academy/TRADE. He is past Chair and Member (1985-87) of the Orange County Emergency Medical Care Committee (EMS Commission)  and served as a volunteer preceptor training instructor for the Los Angeles County Paramedic Training Institute (1983-93). He is Honorary Chief of the Clark County, NV Fire Department and is the 1990 "Ed Bent Fire Service Instructor of the Year." 
Dr. Resurreccion's responsibilities include:

• Conducting instructional methods courses for Fire, Lifeguard and Emergency Medical Services Personnel.
• Advising on the design of curriculum for the basic Fire Academy and various officer development courses.
• Designing evaluation instruments.
• Training personnel on effective coaching and counseling procedures.
• Conducting management training.
• Providing academic and career planning
• Conducting research and evaluation studies
  
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Clerical Support

Priscilla Gillott, clerical support for the LBFD Training Center. In 1991 she transferred from the Long Beach Police Chief’s office to become a Fire Headquarters Receptionist. She held that position until 1995. Later that year Ms. Gillot became the Disaster Management Secretary and building facilitator at the ECOC. After nine years experience with Disaster Management, she became the Training Center Secretary on July 24, 2004.

Not only is Priscilla hard working and dedicated to her job, she is also a dedicated volunteer. She is a board member for Friends of the Long Beach Firefighters, CERT secretary and board member of the ICR Long Beach Marathon. Besides volunteering for several other major Long Beach events, Priscilla is the proud mother of two married siblings and has three adorable granddaughters.

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