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Merrmitt
ROBERT A. MERRITT (425) 760.5766
121 Tanglewood Lane Selah Heights, WA 98942 bob.merritt@yvn.com
Professional Profile
FIRE SERVICE: Highly qualified and experienced Fire Service Professional with more than 30 years of
Emergency Services and Management experience in CEO/CFO position.
• Emergency Services Planning and Operations • Financial Planning and Management
• Strategic Planning • Community Relations
• Master Planning • Labor Relations
EMERGENCY SERVICES CONSULTING: Extensively qualified and experienced Emergency Services
Consulting Professional with more than 23 years of Emergency Services Consulting experience.
• Financial Analysis • Executive Planning
• Strategic /Master Planning • Mergers/Annexations/RFA
• Labor Relations • Governance
Professional Accomplishments
FIRE SERVICES
• 26 year CEO/CFO
• State Fire Mobilization Plan
EMERGENCY SERVICES CONSULTING
First RFA in WA State
Mergers / Annexations / Master Planning
Work History
Deputy Fire Chief Selah Fire Dept/YCFD#2 , Selah, WA
Fire Chief/CEO Snohomish Fire/Rescue, Snohomish WA
Senior Consultant mHc Associates
Education
George Fox College, Newberg, Oregon
National Fire Academy
References
References are available upon request.
03/1976 - 12/1980
01/1951 — 11/2004
10/1991 — Present
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Robert Merritt is a highly qualified executive fire service professional
with 35 years of emergency services and management experience.
He is a former Executive Chief Officer with the Snohomish Fire &
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Rescue (24 years) and former deputy fire chief for the Selah Fire
Department. He was involved with the Standards of Coverage project
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with the Eastside Fire & Rescue and has worked other fire and
emergency services agencies such as City of Sammamish, City of
Marysville, East Pierce Fire and Rescue, Snohomish County Fire District
43, Central Pierce Fire and Rescue, Lakewood Fire District #2, King
CAREER SUMMARY
County Fire District #28, and Whatcom County Fire District 94.
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35 years professional experience
Because Robert provides services exclusively to Fire/EMS services,
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Began mHc in 1993
his consulting firm has developed methodology and processes that
includes national criteria from the FEMA; the National Fire Academy,
National Fire Protection Association; Center for Public Safety
UNIQUE
QUALIFICXHONS
Excellence and other recognized organizations.
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Highly qualified and experienced Fire
Project Role and Responsibility: Robert will be providing
Service Professional with more than 25
subject matter expertise and analysis on the organization and
years of emergency services and
management experience in CEO/CFO
management, fire station and apparatus, staffing and personnel,
position
support programs and the deployment plan standards.
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Former Chief Fire Officer of large
In addition to the projects referenced his resume, Robert also served
fire department
as the project manager/consultant for the following fire/EMS
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legislative experience in Fire
consulting projects.
Service statutes
C ♦ Sammamish, WA Fire Services Evaluation
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Expertise In mergers,
deployment, annexations,
♦ Monroe/Snohomish County Fire District #3, WA,
and master planning
Organizational Governance Study
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Expertise in establishing levels of
♦ Puyallup/Central Pierce Fire & Rescue, WA,
service and performance measures
for fire/EMS organizations
Consolidation/Annexation Study
♦ Tieton/Yakima County Fire District #l, WA,
Consolidation/Annexation Study
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♦ City of Sumner/Easta Pierce Fire and Rescue, WA,
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Consolidation Study
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♦ Graham Fire & Rescue, South Pierce Fire & Rescue, Town of
Eatonville, WA, Consolidation Study
♦ Bremerton and Central Kitsap and South Kitsap Fire &
Rescue, WA, Consolidation Study
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♦ Union Gap and Yakima County Fire District #12, WA,
Consolidation Study
FREQUENTPRESENTERAT.
0 Wenatchee and Chelan County Fire District #l, WA,
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Association of Washington Cities
Consolidation Facilitation
(AWC)
♦ DuPont / Lakewood Fire District #2, WA, Consolidation
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Washington Fire Commissioners
Facilitation
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Washington Finance Officers
♦ Valley Regional Fire Authority (Pacific, Algona, Auburn)
Association (WFOA)
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