Terrorism Handbook for Operational Responders

Armando S. Bevelacqua is 30 plus year veteran of the fire service where he currently serves as District Chief - Special Operations and Homeland Security with the City of Orlando Fire Department, Orlando Florida. His assigned duties hold him responsible for, Technical Rescue and Hazardous Materials Response, both local and regional response systems. Armando also teaches at local colleges, instructing Fire and EMS Classes. He has been presented nationally on several controversial issues in the disciples of Technical Rescue, EMS, Hazardous Materials and Management. Armando lectures to fire departments throughout North America and is an adjunct instructor for the National Fire Academy, and International Association of Firefighters additionally a WMD/Hazardous Materials instructor for the Federal Bureau of Investigations along with an international initiative involving WMD Counter proliferation in former Soviet Union States through the Department of Defense as well as with several federal agencies.^Richard Stilp is the Director of the Central Florida Fire Academy. He is retired from the Orlando Fire Department where he rose to the rank of District Chief and was the Chief in charge of the Hazardous Materials Team. Mr. Stilp is a Paramedic and Registered Nurse. He holds a B.A. in Business and an M.A. in Management. After retirement Mr. Stilp was the Director of Safety and Security for a large hospital system where he managed compliance, emergency management, loss management, and security for a seven hospital system. He is a hazardous materials technician and certified hazardous materials instructor, and has been an adjunct instructor for the National Fire Academy and the International Association of Firefighters. Mr. Stilp teaches at local colleges in both the paramedic and hazardous materials disciplines and occasionally lectures on the conference circuit.