Cheryl Hunt
Cheryl Hunt has been a career firefighter with the Ottawa Fire Service for 17 years. She is now an Acting Lieutenant in suppression, and as one of the pioneer female firefighters in Ottawa, Cheryl is dedicated to improving the diversity of our fire service and serves on the board of directors for Fire Service Women Ontario as the chair of the annual Professional Development Symposium.
Cheryl is one of the 16 original instructors to have been trained to instruct the From Knowledge To Practice (FKTP) Fire Dynamics curriculum originating out of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. She is a member of the Curriculum Development and Program Management team for FKTP, and is currently helping to design the curriculum for company officers. Her training and development not only includes 5 years of learning and helping to develop the FKTP program, but also the IFSFI SLICE-RS course, Andy Starnes Kill the Flashover Tactical TIC course, and the IFSFI Understanding and Fighting Basement Fires course.
All of this, yet her number one title is “Mom” to 3 beautiful children, and happily married to a fellow firefighter and FKTP Instructor, Shaun.
Carissa Campbell-Darmody
Carissa was involved in a high profile fire only 3 months into her career. The Forward Avenue Fire helped guide the Ottawa Fire Services towards implementing new safety features and a fire dynamics curriculum aimed at making positive changes in this high-risk job. Carissa will share her firsthand experience of having been involved in this fire, the challenges and lessons learned so that others can hopefully learn from it too.