Founder of A.O.T.C.

French Camp McKinley Fire District

29 years in the fire service 

As a Husband, father of 3 kids, I coach baseball and enjoy spending time with my family. I have been in the fire service for 28 years, started as a volunteer fireman. My dad was a fireman and a fire chief, he spent 25 years in the service, he passed from lung cancer in February 2023. He was my best friend, mentor and role model. When Gino started the Chief Ed Fullmer Memorial Scholarship Fund is was a huge honor. My grandfather was a fireman along with numerous other family members. I have a passion for the job and remain a student of the craft to this day. I founded AOTC in 2016 as a way to give back to the job that I love so much and to keep passing on the craft. 

Favorite subject: Engine Work

Northern Lakes Fire Department

I’m currently 8 years on the job and am a second-generation fireman. I was raised with the passion of the job and strive to pass that on every day. I am the current president of the Coeur FOOLS and a lead academy instructor for my department while still riding the back step.

I found the passion of training through attending multiple classes and conferences, but mainly from drills with my crew. This job is unlike any other and in my eyes the best one out there, I hope I can pass that on to some folks.

Favorite subjects: Forcible entry, search, water can work, and how to enjoy a cold beer after a HOT class.

Genesis 3:19

Derry Fire Department 

Mike Goldstein is a firefighter, instructor, speaker, and host of The CAN Report podcast. With more than 20 years of experience in emergency services, Mike began his first responder career as a dispatcher before transitioning into the fire service, where he has served for the past 14 years in both call and career firefighting roles.

Passionate about firefighter development and professional growth, Mike serves as a Part-Time Staff and State Instructor for the New Hampshire Fire Academy. Throughout his career, he has been committed to advancing the knowledge, skills, and confidence of firefighters at every stage of their journey.

Mike is a firm believer that learning never stops. He regularly travels throughout the country attending conferences, training events, and leadership programs as both a student and presenter. His philosophy is simple: firefighters must get outside their own zip code, challenge their perspectives, and learn from others to bring valuable lessons back to their departments and communities.

As the founder and host of The CAN Report, a firefighter-focused podcast based in New Hampshire, Mike has built a platform dedicated to sharing the stories, experiences, and lessons learned from first responders across the fire service and beyond. What began as a passion project has grown into a respected outlet for meaningful conversations surrounding leadership, culture, resilience, mental health, training, and the traditions that define the profession. Through The CAN Report, Mike strives to highlight both the successes and struggles of those who serve, creating opportunities for learning, reflection, and growth throughout the emergency services community.

OREM FIRE DEPARTMENT

Griffin Coiner is an Engineer with the Orem Fire Department in Utah. He started his fire service career in 2010 in TX until he and his family relocated to Utah in 2023.  He is the Owner/Operator of ‘Stache Salt and has a passion to give back to first responders and their families. He also teaches for his local county academy. “I just wanna do fireman stuff with my friends!”

Favorite subject: SEARCH. And anything that involves the stretch, force, and throw!

Weber Fire District 

18 Years in the Fire service 

Colin is a 2nd generation Fireman, who is currently the Captain of Training with the Weber Fire District. Colin previously worked with the City of Pleasant Grove Fire Department, and the City of South Salt Lake Fire Department. During his time with the Weber Fire District, Colin spent 3 and a half years on the Ogden Metro SWAT team as a tactical medic.

Since 2012, Colin has been an instructor for the Utah Fire & Rescue Academy and Davis Technical College. Ward teaches a vast majority of different fire classes ranging from Firefighter I/II, Forcible Entry, Vehicle Extrication, Ventilation Tactics and the Emergency Apparatus Driving Simulator all throughout the state of Utah. 

Favorite Subject: Forcing doors and searching floors.

Brooklyn Park Fire Department

19 years in the Fire Service

Gino is currently the President of the Treasure Valley F.O.O.L.S (Fraternal Order of Leatherheads Society) chapter in Boise, Idaho. He is also the creator of the annual March Mayhem Fire Conference. Gino has vast experience in EMS, Wildland and Structural Firefighting (worked in different size departments from 1 station up to 21 station departments). He is also an Idaho state Fire and EMS Instructor, department instructor and instructor at the local college fire academy. Gino is also a 1403 instructor and a train the trainer instructor for flashover training. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Fire Science from Columbia Southern University.

Favorite Subject: Vertical Vent

Southaven Fire Dept

10 years in the fire service

Travis is a Husband, father and firefighter for the City of Southaven MS.  He is also the secretary chair and instructor for Old South FOOLS. He has spent the last 10 years being a student of the craft as a backstep fireman and lover of the “senior firefighter position”

“My love for instructing came about organically through a love for being a backstep firemen and taking pride in mastering that position. I’ve always enjoyed passing on to other firefighters a love for mastering the so called “basics.” I’ve spent most of my career at departments with low staffing and poor resources where firemen are expected to be able to do a lot more with less. Where knowing the job is a necessity and make or break”

Favorite subject- Anything truck work

Forcible entry, VES, search and victim removal

Caldwell Fire Department

18 years in the fire service

I love being able to pass on the knowledge that was given to me and to bee able to go to work and make a difference in people’s lives when they are having a good or a bad day we have the greatest job in the world!

Teaching with AOTC is kinda surreal you often see groups that travel around and teach and wonder how that happens. Who chooses those people? Well I fortunately am one of those people who fell into an awesome group of people that see something in me and said, come teach cool fireman stuff. It’s an honer and a privilege to travel and pass nuggets to fired up people who want to do better. We want to do better this is a great group of guys bettering themselves and others!!

CALDWELL FIRE DEPARTMENT

21 Years in the fire service

Cody is a 7th Generation fireman, who is currently a Captain with the Caldwell Fire Department in Caldwell Idaho. Cody Previously worked in Columbus, Ohio and in the United States Air Force both as a Firefighter Paramedic before coming back home to Caldwell where it all started as a volunteer with both the Middleton and Caldwell Fire Departments. Cody is also a Hazmat Team Leader as well as the departments EMS coordinator.

Cody is a current instructor and teaches a vast majority of different classes from basic firefighter all the way up to Paramedic level classes, but he specializes in operations under Live Fire and Hazmat. Cody was patched in the spring of 2024 into AOTC.

POCATELLO FIRE DEPARTMENT

17 Years on the Job 

I love the job because every day and every call is different. We have to think on our feet sometimes to solve problems quickly.

I've been married to my wonderful wife Krystina for 15 years. Dad to 3 kids (Talyn, Wyatt, Karleigh). I enjoy just about all sports and spending time with my family hiking and camping. 

I like teaching to be able to help make sure students aren't caught off guard when things get serious inside a fire, and see the progression in student learning.

Favorite Subject to Teach is search.