Administration

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Welcome Faith Yunger-Manzo, NREMTP, ACLS, PHTLS, PALS. 

Having grown up with a First Responder family, her future was set on being part of this group of brave women and men. She’s the daughter of a 20+ year law enforcement officer and has multiple firefighters in her family, to include her husband. She remembers experiencing ride alongs with her father and other First Responders and noticing the effect the calls had on her family and friends. The excitement and the feeling of "family" in most First Responders, be it Law Enforcement, Fire, Emergency Department staff or EMS, Faith was determined to be involved. 

When old enough Faith took her first EMT class and began a journey in assisting others who are unable to care for themselves for almost 10 years. Faith found herself working full time with an Ambulance District in northern Colorado, at which point she eventually looked towards a Firefighter with Wellington Fire Protection District and is currently a Paramedic with a large Colorado Hospital Based, Emergency Ambulance Service. 

Faith has attended the 40 hour National Peer Support Academy and functioned on multiple peer support teams under FRTC. Faith is also an emergency medical educator with a Northern Colorado College. First Responder Trauma Counselors’ is excited to add Faith as another “Culturally Competent” member of FRTC’s TRIBE.

Don Patterson has over 20 years of experience in Communications, IT and Security. As a Communications/Security Engineer he has supported multiple government agencies and corporate level communications and secure network environments. 14 years of his communications/security career were devoted as the Founder and CEO of Simply Networking, Inc. His company was responsible for the communications and security needs for over 150 clients nationwide. Recently he managed and maintained the cellular broadband deployable network for the 2020 Cameron Peak Wildland Fire, Colorado’s largest wildland fire. Don has given communications presentations to FEMA (Regional Emergency Communications Coordination Work Groups). As well as FirstNet Authority and the Colorado Public Safety Communications Sub Committee for which he is also a member. 

Don has also been a member of the fire service for over 18 years. He has earned qualifications and experience in over 30 active certifications spanning Structural Fire, Wildland, Special Operations Team disciplines, Fire Investigations and First Responder Peer Support. During that time, he has served as a Lieutenant and Dive Rescue Team Coordinator/Instructor for a Colorado Mountain Town Fire Agency, as well as multiple wildland incidents in Northern Colorado and across the nation.
Don is currently a Firefighter with a Northern Colorado Front Range Fire Agency, as such, he is a member of the Wildland Team, SOT, Fire Investigator, Peer Support Member, Communications Specialist and Dive Rescue Team Coordinator. In his spare time, he is a Fire Science Instructor at Aims Community College where he teaches multiple classes in their Fire Science Programs. 

Don is a valued member of First Responder Trauma Counselors as a graduate of the National Peer Support Academy and assists FRTC OPS Staff, in developing systems wide, IT based, security protocols for our ARMOR Alert systems and interfaces with our medical/behavioral health deployment teams. Also creating secure integration pathways with FRTC’s Member Regional Support Teams; encrypted communication systems.