John Kenyon, Director
John Kenyon has over 32 years in the fire service and more than 14 years in development and instruction in Confined Space Rescue. Since 1994, he had been an adjunct instructor with the Fire Academy specializing in Confined Space Rescue and Technical Rope Rescue. John is a an Instructor in numerous disciplines, including SCBA, Auto Extrication, Fire Officer, the Firefighter Pre-Employment Program and Live Fire. John brings to Dynamic Rescue Services experience in the fire service as well as industrial applications of training and deployment of rescue programs.
In 1976, John was hired as a career fire fighter with the City of Port Coquitlam and later moved through the ranks to Lieutenant and then Captain. In 1996, he became the Assistant Chief of Fire Operations and retired from that position in October 2008. John has been a member of the validation committees for two International Fire Service Training Association (IFSTA) training manuals: the seventh edition of “Fire Service Search and Rescue” and the current, fifth edition, of “The Essentials of Firefighting”. At present, John is a member of the Canadian Standards Association, and a technical committee member for the soon to be released CSA Z-1006 document, “Management of Work in Confined Spaces”.