john mc castland

Title: Associate Director
Email john
Home City: lockport
Work Phone: (815) 834-9201

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Job Description: As the Associate Director for IFSI, Mac is primarily responsible for the management of Institute activities in the Chicago Metro Region and the Chicago Fire Department. He coordinates the training records for the 39 State-deployable Tactical Rescue Teams (TRT) and 43 State-deployable Hazardous Materials Teams, and oversees the annual Illinois Terrorism Task Force validation exercise held on the IFSI Champaign campus. Professional Service: • Entered the fire service in 1964 with the Oak Lawn Fire Department, holding every sworn rank until his retirement as Chief of Department in 1993. • Became an IFSI Field Staff Instructor in 1984, working in the majority of firefighter classes and Officer programs. • Served with the Orland Park Fire District from 1993 until taking a full-time position with IFSI in 1999. • OSFM Certified: Fire Officer III, Master Fire Service Instructor, Fire Investigator, Fire Prevention Officer, Fire Apparatus Engineer •Member of the Fire Service Team that developed the State of Illinois Firefighter Certification program in 1972. •Chair, IFSI Scholarship Committee •Member, Illinois Terrorism Task Force TRT Steering Committee •Member, Illinois Terrorism Task Force Training Sub-Committee •Member, IFSI Executive Committee Military Service: •Corporal (E-4), U.S. Marine Corps 1966-1968 •Served in Vietnam with “Golf” Battery, 3rd Battalion 11th Marine Regiment in Quang Nam Province during the 1968 Tet Offensive Education: Governors State University, Master’s Degree in Public Administration, 1989 Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Bachelor of Science Degree, 1978 Moraine Valley Community College, Palos Hills, Illinois, Associate of Arts Degree, 1976