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Tim Nowak, BS, NRP

Clinician to Chief to Consultant

Tim has been involved in the fire & EMS industry over the past 20+ years in some way, shape or form — either as a firefighter/paramedic, a chief officer with a countywide EMS agency, or as a professional consultant working with departments throughout the country to help develop solutions to address their difficult challenges. He’s been a long-time contributor to EMS1 (former Critical Clinical Concepts columnist) and can be found on other platforms as a podcast guest, a content contributor for continued education, and as a provoking (even sometimes controversial) thought leader on LinkedIn. He can be reached by email at emsllcwi@gmail.com and can be found on Linkedin at linkedin.com/in/timnowakems.

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