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 Matthew Tobia
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Bio :
Matthew Tobia is a Battalion Chief with the Anne Arundel County, MD Fire Department, a metropolitan combination Fire / Rescue / EMS agency in Suburban Baltimore, MD. With over 20 years of diverse experience, Chief Tobia currently serves as the Executive Officer to the Deputy Chief of Planning and is a Public Information Officer for the Department. He is also certified as a Type III IMT Public Information Officer and a member of the Baltimore Regional Type III Incident Management Team.
B/C Tobia holds a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Maryland and is a nationally certified Fire Officer IV and Instructor III. He teaches extensively throughout the United States, lecturing frequently on safety and leadership issues. He has served on curriculum development teams at the Maryland Fire Rescue and at the Pennsylvania Fire Academy. Chief Tobia also writes for several national publications, currently serving as Fire-Rescue Magazine’s back page columnist.
Matt is active in supporting the families of fallen firefighters, serving as the Family Escort coordinator at the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Weekend in Emmitsburg, MD. In addition, Chief Tobia is a counselor at the Mid Atlantic Burn Camp for children.
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