Geoff is a Firefighter/EMT-B with Butler Fire Dept. Geoff is a also former police officer.  He has been active in Search and Rescue in Canada, and handled dogs since 1992.  He is currently certified through the National Association of Search and Rescue as a Canine SARTECH III, SARTECH II,  and  completed the NASAR Advanced Search and Rescue class. He has also taught several search courses in map reading, survival skills, ice and water rescue.   He is also certified through the Federal Emergency Management Agency in Incident Command System and numerous other courses, certified in Wilderness First Aid, Canine First Aid, Canine and Human Decontamination, and Understanding Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease for SAR Personnel..   

 Geoff is also a licensed Ham Radio operator - KB9YXP and has completed the Amateur Radio Emergency Communications courses Level 1 and 2. He  spends his daytime hours working as a computer consultant, so he is the geek of the team.  By using GPS and integrating it with computers, we are using high tech tools to make searches easier and quicker.

Geoff and Gretzky are Canine Search Specialists with WI-TF and IL-TF1(Wisconsin and  Illinois Task Force One )  Urban Search and Rescue Teams. They completed the 40 hour Canine Search Specialist class through the Florida Association of Search and Rescue and are certified as a State USAR Type II Disaster Canine Team. 

Geoff is one of the founders of the team.