Chief Art Doss Live Tonight 3/2 with Kris Walker on Firefighter Netcast

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Art Doss will be the next brand new host here on Firefighter Netcast. His show, The C.A.N Report, is premiering tonight at 9pm EST

His guest will be Kris Walker of Oceanid as well as Rick Hood.

Art’s debut show, tonight will focus on The technical rescue boat manufacture OCEANID,  some history and about the boat.

The direct show link is here live at 9pm EST

About Chief Art Doss

Art Doss is a Battalion Chief of Operations with Lewis-McChord Fire and Emergency Services, Tacoma Washington. Originally from Springfield, Oregon. BC Doss attended Fire academy in Rantoul, Illinois and has been a part of professional fire service for 26 years.  He will be completing a Fire Administration degree in 2013, and holds Associates in Fire Science Western Oregon University and teaching certificate as a technical college fire school instructor.  He writes and has various published articles and interviews on fire service and technical rescue topics  including the Discovery Channel and in periodicals such as  “Fire and Rescue” and “Advanced Rescue Technology”.   

Battalion Chief Doss is dedicated to pride, honor and in keeping  traditions of the fire service. FTM-RFB-EGH-DTRT

KRIS WALKER of Oceanid.com

Owner and Company Director of Oceanid- or in Fire and Rescue magazines it looks and is better recognized as the “Banana Boat”.  Kris Walker, a company that manufactures the only 4 seasons Technical Rescue boat, Kris, was a partner/owner with Bill Forrest at Forrest Mountaineering in 1970’s, a company that designed and built technical rock climbing equipment. During those early years, Forrest Mountaineering created, designed, developed and produced dozens of climbing products still in use today including the Friends, the original climbing cam anchors and the first rock climbing hammer and ice axe systems with interchangeable picks.  Kris founded Argonaut in 1984 (which later became AIRE in 1989), a company that designed and produced whitewater cats, rafts and inflatable kayaks. Kris was the first person to design, build and sell a commercially viable line of recreational catarafts. He has taken the 27 years of experience gained from these fields and created a line of watercraft that pushes the frontier of the water rescue environment.

Oceanid is starting another revolution transferred the knowledge gained through literally millions of harsh river miles, to our current products. They are professionally designed to serve those who must work around, or in, a liquid environment under the most challenging conditions.

RICK HOOD

A total of over 25 years of relevant first responder and management training, consulting, and program development, including, but not limited to: Incident Command System, search and rescue; wilderness navigation and survival; Global Positioning System; wilderness emergency medical technician; rope rescue; and team leader/field management elements. Hood has presented numerous times nationally, authored over 30 articles, and served and the lead instructor for basic and advanced programs and field evaluations nationally.

Taught numerous SAR and survival programs to local and regional responders, organizations and agencies. Programs included, but not limited to respond management, ICS and field response skills. Help develop programs, train/oversee instructors, and author training PowerPoint materials and student/instructor text. Major projects include: MCI exercise planning assistance, protocol review, on-site assessment, and recommendation for McMurdo Base, Antarctica; on-site training and program development for eight North Slope Native Alaskan villages for emergency response and navigational protocols; and designing, establishing, and conducting multi-faceted survival training for flight crews for Air Lift Northwest.

Provide a wide range of hands-on training and consulting products from wilderness navigation to MCI management to organization, agencies, and response teams. Authored 30-plus articles for Advanced Rescue Technology, Fire/Rescue, Wildland Firefighter, Emergency Fire & Police, Homeland First Response, among others. Served as Advisory Board or Contributing editor on selected publications. Presented program multiple times nationally for National Association for Search and Rescue, Wilderness Medical Society, International Technical Rescue Association, among others. Ongoing clients range from SAR teams to mapping software firm.

Served as a member, held offices, and provide training for numerous organization, including National Ski Patrol, Mt. Tahoma Trails, Volunteers for Outdoor Washington, United States Orienteering Association, Boy Scouts of America.