Response Technologies Staff Members

Douglas E. Wolfe
Instructor / Educational Designer

James "Steve" Coffin
Instructor / Technical Specialist
Danial Bartle
Hazardous Materials Instructor / Clandestine Lab Specialist
Steve McCarthy
Hazardous Materials Instructor / Exercise Designer
John W. Scott III
Hazardous Materials Instructor / Exercise Designer
John W. Scott III joined the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department in 1988, where he began as a firefighter assigned to Station 13. Over the years he also worked at Stations 31, 30, and 7 Hazmat Team. It was at this time he was introduced into the realm of Hazardous Materials Emergency Response and was assigned to research and resource. He transferred to the Fire Prevention Division earning promotions to Engineer, Lieutenant, and Captain.
Scott attended Florida Community College at Jacksonville and Columbia College of Missouri, where he completed studies in Computer Science Information. He has completed numerous courses in fire science, fire code and building code & inspections and seminars as well as holding several certifications in Hazardous Materials response, Emergency Management,
and Fire Code regulation and investigations. He’s also currently assigned to the Urban Search and Rescue Team (FLTF5) and the North Florida’s Incident Management Team as a Plans Manager. Scott retired as the Hazardous Material and Environmental Coordinator for the department where his primary duties are to provide a framework and continuity by which Extremely Hazardous Site and Hazardous Material and Environmental events are properly mitigated and regulated. This aide in the planning and emergency
response for the department and other agencies such as Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, City Regulatory, and other State agencies. Currently, he’s an Adjunct Instructor with Florida State College at Jacksonville Fire Academy, and Chief Operation Officer of HazPlan3 Hazardous Planning and Consulting.
Kenneth Treffinger
Program Developer / Instructor
Tom Berninger
Hazardous Materials Instructor
Frank DeFrancesco
Hazardous Materials Instructor / Exercise Designer
Stephen Doyle
Hazardous Materials Instructor / Exercise Designer
Stephen Doyle has dedicated his life to the Fire Service and the protection of his peers and public. His service started in the South Portland Fire volunteer ranks at the age of 15 and progressed to his 4 years in the USAF as a crash-rescue technician, airborne rescue member, and instructor. During this time he served in Vietnam for 14 months doing those same jobs. Upon leaving the USAF he attended a community college majoring in Fire Science. He started his professional career in 1971 and retired as a Fire Officer from Portland Maine Fire Department with 26 years of creditable service where he instructed and helped organize personnel to address the hazardous materials problems of the area. He also was hired to assist the State Fire Administrator as his Hazardous Materials Specialist advising him and overseeing hazardous materials training and education statewide. Upon his retirement Steve was hired to be the County EMA Director at a time that hazardous materials response and planning was needed in the area. He also worked in the
command element at major fires, oil spills, and the decontamination of a cruise ship after a fire. His technical skills and education (M.S. Education) were instrumental in his helping to facilitate the forming and training of the RAID (CST) Teams of the National Guard. He has instructed and developed courses for the military, public/private response agencies, universities, and the National Fire Academy in Emmitsburg, Maryland. He continues to provide leadership to the South Portland Volunteer Fire Department where he has been the Captain for the past 39 years.
Athena Kavis
Marketing Director