Eric Wheaton is the Owner of VentEnterSearch, LLC. He is a second-generation fireman for Winter Park (FL) Fire Department and is currently assigned as a Lieutenant on Truck 61. Eric has spent a majority of his career on the Truck Company. He also serves on the Winter Park Fire Department Technical Rescue Team. Eric is an instructor for the Truck Company Operations and Special Operations programs at Valencia College’s Central Florida Fire Institute. He holds an associate degree in Fire Science and is an advisory board member on the UL-FSRI Size-up and search & rescue study. Eric has taught at many fire conferences across the country, including FDIC, Portland Firemanship Conference, Orlando Fire Conference, Fort Lauderdale Fire Expo, Metro Atlanta Firefighter Conference and Water on the Fire Conference.
Retired as Division Chief of Training with Winter Park (FL) Fire Department in Central Florida with over 20 years of fire service experience. He is the Founder of VentEnterSearch.com and a lead instructor for VentEnterSearch, LLC. Jimm has lectured around the nation on various subjects including Leadership, and Truck Company Functions. Jimm has also taught at many large conferences including the Fire Department Instructors Conference. He has a bachelor’s degree in public administration from the University of Central Florida, has been credentialed as a Chief Fire Officer by the Center for Public Safety Excellence and is a graduate of the National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program. Jimm worked as a Rescue Squad Officer on an Urban Search and Rescue Team (FL-TF-4) and was a Planning Section Chief, and Co-Chair of the State of Florida Region Five Incident Management Team.
Lieutenant for the City of Winter Park (FL) Fire Department. He is a fourth-generation firefighter and began his career as an Explorer for Spring Hill, FL in 2002. Scott is currently assigned to Station 61 where he also previously served as an Engineer. He is an Instructor III and teaches multiple disciplines at Valencia College’s Central Florida Fire Institute. Scott earned a Bachelors Degree from the University of Central Florida in 2009. He has taught at multiple conferences around the country including the Orlando Fire Conference, Ft. Lauderdale Fire Expo, Metro Atlanta Fire Fighter Conference, and Firemanship Conference in Portland (OR).
Lieutenant/Paramedic with the Orange County Fire Department in Orlando, Florida. He has been a member of the department for 17 years and has been assigned to Truck Company 30 in the Pine Hills/Orlo Vista area of Orlando since 2003. He is a member of the Orange County Fire Department’s SCUBA/Dive and High Angle Rescue Teams which responds to all emergencies at the Orlando Eye in the I-Drive corridor. Jimmy is also an instructor at Valencia College’s Fire Rescue Institute in Orlando (FL).
Jeffrey Mrwik, is a 16 year career fireman/student of the fire service and is currently a Lieutenant on Squad Company 17 with St. Johns County Fire Rescue. Squad 17 responds to all vehicle entrapments and working fires in the 1st Battalion and for the RIT assignment to a large portion of the county. Jeff instructs for his department and at regional conferences including Orlando Fire Conferece, Ft. Lauderdale Fire Expo, and Metro Atlanta Firefighters Conference.
