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Published on: 2/26/2009
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GENE MADDEN - Safety Officer, NIMO Team -
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Gene is the safety officer on the
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Prior to joining the Forest Service in June, Gene was with the Florida Division of Forestry for 16 years.
For the past ten years, he was their division safety officer.
While with the Division of Forestry he was responsible for a number of programs including wildfire safety, driving,
EMS
and worker compensation programs.
Since 1996 until recently, Gene was a member of the NWCG Safety and Health Working Team representing the National Association of State Foresters for the south east states.
Before accepting the NIMO position and resigning from the SHWT, Gene was the Chair of the SHWT for the past three years.
He was the vice chairman for two years prior to that.
He is the former chair of the NWCG EMS Group.
Prior to going to work for the Florida Division of Forestry, he was the director of a county leisure services agency in northern
New Jersey
for 15 years.
Gene has undergraduate degrees from Paul Smith's College in NY and