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Captain (Ret)
Phoenix Fire Department
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Jeff Zientek is a retired 33-year veteran Fire Captain with the Phoenix Fire Department and is a certified Hazardous Materials Technician, Technical Rescue Technician, and Helicopter Rescue Crew Chief, responding to all Special Operations incidents in the Phoenix regional area covering approximately 2,000 square miles. Jeff has been a member of FEMA team, Arizona Task Force 1 (AZTF-1) since 1994 and was also an appointed member of the Hazmat Workgroup for FEMA. Jeff has been on deployments to Atlanta for the 1996 Olympics, 9/11 terrorist attack in New York City, and the devastating hurricanes of 2005 in southern U.S. (Katrina/Rita). Jeff is also the author of the book‚ “Hazmat Response; A Field Operations Guide”, a manual for First Responders and Haz Mat Technicians for use in the field for hazardous materials incidents.He is married, has 4 adult children, and enjoys hiking and riding on two wheels (road bike, mountain bikes & motorcycles).