Mike Hoffman - Retired Fire Chief (Audio)

Mike Hoffman was born and raised in Alberta and worked the majority of his field career as a fire fighter / paramedic in a variety of locations throughout Western Canada including The City of Calgary, Kainai First Nation, Fort McMurray, the City of Yellowknife, and most recently the City of North Battleford, Saskatchewan.

Mike began his career in the fire service as a volunteer in Coalhurst Alberta in 1987 and has since enjoyed 27-years in emergency services. Since those early years Mike has been a career fire fighter / paramedic and has worked his way through the ranks, in the past 7 years he has been in two Deputy Fire Chief roles and finished his career as Fire Chief.

Mike has achieved fire officer VI qualifications through the Justice Institute of British Columbia and has additionally earned a diploma in paramedicine from the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology as an advanced care paramedic.

Mike has taught firefighters & emergency medical service providers for the majority of his career, Mike spent 5 years teaching paramedic students pharmacology which included the drug Fentanyl. Mike is also an NFPA 472 Haz Mat Technician certified, and has been trained by the Canadian government in Chemical, Biological, Radiological & Nucular weapons (CBRN)

Mike has written published articles on the topic of Fentanyl and has given presentations nationally on the subject of First Responders and accidental syntheteic opioid exposures. Mikes article on Fentanyl appeared in the Canadian Firefighter magazine and he has presented to the Canadian Fire Chiefs Association, the Saskatchewan Fire Chiefs Association, and the Alberta Fire Chiefs Assoiciation.

Mike and his wife Lila look forward to fully retiring in Lethbridge within the next ten years. Mike is excited to serve the community now in a variety of ways. Currently Mike is the owner of Aerial Observation Services & Studio Eh Productions locally that provides photography / videography services to Lethbridge & surrounding area. We also work with RPAS (drone) technology, the fastest growing industry worldwide today with an estimated 60 billion dollar impact on the worlds overall economy each year.