RURAL RESCUE
Pete McCarthy
EMT, Fire Fighter I & II, Fire Officer, MFFTC Instructor
Dept. Affiliation & Experience: Captain of White Lake Fire Authority, White Lake Ambulance with over 15 years of Fire and EMS experience.
Rural Rescue involvement since 2009, instructor since 2010
Specialties: Lecture and practical exercises
Phone: (231) 638-0808 E-mail: pete@ruralrescue.com
Dennis Roesler II
EMT, Fire Fighter I & II
Dept. Affiliation & Experience: Muskegon Heights Fire and Lt. Montague Fire, with over 15 years of Fire and EMS experience.
Rural Rescue involvement since 2009, Alternate Instructor since 2012
Specialties: Extrication, Practical exercises, and rescue tools
Greg Holman, Partner
MFR, Fire Fighter I & II, Fire Officer, MFFTC Instructor
Dept. Affiliation & Experience: Chief of White Lake Fire Authority with over 20 years of fire rescue experience.
Rural Rescue involvement since 2009, instructor since 2010, partner since 2014
Specialties: Incident command and practical exercises
Phone: (231) 740-7262 E-mail: greg@ruralrescue.com
Matt Kempf, Co-Owner
MEI, Paramedic, Fire Fighter I & II
Dept. Affiliation & Experience: Spectrum Health with over 20 years of Fire and EMS experience.
Rural Rescue instructor since 2009, co-owner since 2011
Specialties: Extrication and practical exercises
Phone: (616) 318-8934 E-mail: matt@ruralrescue.com
Paramedic - I/C, Fire Fighter I & II, MFFTC Instructor
Dept. Affiliation & Experience: Chief Blue Lake Fire, Muskegon Heights Fire, Dalton Fire, and White Lake Ambulance, with over 25 years of Fire and EMS experience.
Rural Rescue involvement since 2009, instructor since 2010
Specialties: Lecture and practical exercises
Phone: (231) 206-8797 E-mail: jim@ruralrescue.com
Jonathon Degen, Co-Owner
Paramedic, Fire Fighter I & II
Dept. Affiliation & Experience: Captain of Montague Fire and Operations Director of White Lake Ambulance with over 20 years of Fire and EMS experience.
Rural Rescue instructor since 2005, co-owner since 2011
Specialties: Farm equipment, rescue tools, and lecture
Phone: (231) 206-8796 E-mail: jonathon@ruralrescue.com
About Us
Don Roesler, Co-Owner
EMT, Retired Fire Fighter I & II
Dept. Affiliation & Experience: Grant Township Fire with over 30 years of Fire and EMS experience.
Rural Rescue instructor since 2009, co-owner since 2011
Specialties: Extrication, rescue tools and lecture
Phone: (231) 578-9402 E-mail: don@ruralrescue.com
Sondrea Petrie
Paramedic
Dept. Affiliation & Experience: ProMed Ambulance, with over 15 years of experience.
Rural Rescue involvement since 2014, Alternate Instructor since 2014
Specialties: Practical exercises
Cim Roesler
Certified Medical Assistant
Experience: Clinical and Clerical with over 20 years of experience.
Rural Rescue involvement since 2011, Secretary since 2011
Duties: Registration, Photographs, and Certificates
Andrea Degen
Elementary Education/Principal
Experience: Muskegon and Hart Public Schools with over 10 years of experience.
Rural Rescue involvement since 2012, Secretary since 2012
Duties: Registration, Certificates, and Victim
Darric Roesler
Retired Fire Fighter, EMT-P I/C, Police Officer
Dept. Affiliation & Experience: Muskegon Fire and Muskegon County Sherriff's Deputy, with over 25 years of Fire and EMS experience.
Rural Rescue involvement since 2011
Specialties: Instructor Coordinator
Phone: (231) 578-3167 E-mail: darric@ruralrescue.com