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Joseph Vincent Gasparich

Born: 1960 in Pana, Illinois
Pen Name: J. Gasparich

Connection to Illinois: Gasparich was born in Central Illinois and has lived there most of his life. He attended school in Nokomis and attended Springfield College in Illinois and Sangamon State University (now the University of Illinois Springfield). He has worked in Illinois State Government and at the University of Illinois. He currently resides in Nokomis.

Biography: Joseph V. Gasparich served as the incident command system training program director for the Illinois Fire Service Institute. He spent 11 years training fire departments and emergency response agencies in the use of the incident command system in planning for and responding to large scale events. Mr Gasparich trained many command staff personnel in the Chicago Fire Department Mr. Gasparich also served as the lead Public Information Officer for the South IMT.Mr, Gasparich deployed to New Orleans in September of 2005 to work with the Illinois MABAS teams to help develop a workable command system for the New Orleans Fire Department. He has also assisted in the 2008 floods on the Mississippi River and worked with the Chicago Fire Department in the 2008 Election Night rally in Grant Park.Previous to his employment at IFSI, Mr. Gasparich was the Exercise Training Officer for the Illinois Emergency Management Agency (IEMA). Mr. Gasparich worked in the agency 14.5 years in the earthquake preparedness and local emergency planning areas as well as exercise design and evaluation. He was an integral part of the Illinois Venue Exercise Planning Team for the TOPOFF 2 Federally mandated large scale exercise.Mr. Gasparich has also been involved in the EMS field for 28 years, working for most of those years on an as-needed basis as an EMT and EMT-1 for the Nokomis-Witt Municipal Area Ambulance Service and Rescue Squad. Mr. Gasparich is also chief of the Nokomis Area Fire Protection District and has served in the volunteer fire service for 23 years.Prior to his employment with IEMA, Mr. Gasparich spent 5 years teaching in the public school system.Mr. Gasparich received his BA in Biology from Sangamon State University (now the University of Illinois Springfield) in 1983.


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Primary Audience(s): Adult readers

Email: jg7278@gmail.com
Joseph Vincent Gasparich on WorldCat : http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=Joseph+Gasparich


Selected Titles

Trial and Commitment
ISBN: 1524615242 OCLC: 978285197

Authorhouse 2017.

"A young firefighter decides to pursue his dream, he sacrifices his relationship with his family and fiancee. The changes in his commitments cause a series of life-changing events that force him to commit to his career and his relationships. Contrast this to a man who becomes involved in a plot to carry out a heinous terrorist attack. His dedication to his associates sharply contrasts with his desire to amend his life and his relationships with his family. Add a young reporter who falls in love with the firefighter and has to balance her career choices with her newfound love, and finally add two law enforcement agents who are working diligently to stop a catastrophe from happening."--Publisher's promotional description.

 

 

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