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Michael R. (Mike) Hilliard

BS, CPM, MEP, paramedic
Senior Manager, Training and Exercise Officer
Orange County Public Schools

Mike Hilliard started working EMS full-time in 1979 in the back of vans, Suburbans, and Cadillac ambulances. After becoming a paramedic, Mike worked in Maine in an area so rural the agency was called Rural EMS. In 1993, Mike moved to Florida and later in 2005 became an ICS Train-the-Trainer and mentor. Mike Hilliard is an active practitioner and presenter on issues relating to instructional design and delivery, incident command systems, as well as in emergency management. He is an All-Hazards Incident Management Team, type III, train-the-trainer, he has his Master Exercise Practitioner (MEP) certification, as has numerous activations as a Planning Section Chief during large-scale activations. Activations have included hurricanes, support for strike teams, and numerous multiple day large scale events and incidents.

2026 Sessions

Creating and Presenting a Time-Limiting, No-Warning Catastrophe

Many agencies test operational plans in preparation of a significant incident and event. We took it one step further and developed a catastrophic scenario to strike at both our greatest fears as well as to make it deeply, and uncomfortably, personal. The outcome and results were surprising to all.

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Friday, October 02 9:45–10:45 PM
Faculty

Michael R. (Mike) Hilliard

BS, CPM, MEP, paramedic
Senior Manager, Training and Exercise Officer
Orange County Public Schools

Mike Hilliard started working EMS full-time in 1979 in the back of vans, Suburbans, and Cadillac ambulances. After becoming a paramedic, Mike worked in Maine in an area so rural the agency was called Rural EMS. In 1993, Mike moved to Florida and later in 2005 became an ICS Train-the-Trainer and mentor. Mike Hilliard is an active practitioner and presenter on issues relating to instructional design and delivery, incident command systems, as well as in emergency management. He is an All-Hazards Incident Management Team, type III, train-the-trainer, he has his Master Exercise Practitioner (MEP) certification, as has numerous activations as a Planning Section Chief during large-scale activations. Activations have included hurricanes, support for strike teams, and numerous multiple day large scale events and incidents.
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