Norm Rooker has been involved in EMS & Rescue since 1973. His career has covered numerous venues from the City of St. Louis to the streets of San Francisco to the mountains of Colorado and have ranged from standard EMS and supervision/administration to Special Operations including structural collapse rescue, SWAT/Tactical EMS, surf rescue swimmer and rope rescue geek, among others. After retiring as Chief of Ouray County EMS Norm has been doing contract and incident management work including serving as a Line Paramedic and a Medical Unit Leader for wildfires. He is a popular speaker and writer along with being a past member of the NASAR Board of Directors, a founding member of the IAEMSC and a founding member of NAEMT’s Disaster Response Committee.