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Rom Duckworth, BS, LP

Rescue Digest

Rom Duckworth is the fire chief for the Ridgefield (Connecticut) Fire Department and the founder of the New England Center for Rescue and Emergency Medicine. He has more than 30 years of experience working in career and volunteer fire departments, hospital healthcare systems, and private EMS. Duckworth was the recipient of the American Red Cross Hero Award, Sepsis Alliance Sepsis Hero Award, and the EMS 10 Innovators Award, in addition to numerous awards and citations for excellence in education and dedication to service. Duckworth is a member of several national education, advisory and editorial boards, as well as a contributing author to more than a dozen EMS, fire and rescue books, including the IFSTA Pumping Apparatus Driver/Operator textbook as well as more than 100 published articles in fire and EMS journals, magazines and websites. Duckworth has a bachelor’s degree in public safety administration from Charter Oak State College in Connecticut. Connect with Duckworth via RescueDigest.com or RomDuck.com or on LinkedIn.

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