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PRESS RELEASE/BIOGRAPHY


MEDIA RELEASE

Search and rescue pioneer Jim Segerstrom Passes

Jim Segerstrom, internationally recognized expert in Swiftwater Rescue and founding member of the Tuolumne County Sheriff's Office Search and Rescue Team passed at 8:44 Monday, February 5, 2007 after suffering a stroke the previous week. Jim was 60 years old.

Memorial services will be held Saturday February 17 at 1pm at Sierra Bible Church located at 15171 Tuolumne Rd. A procession from Sonora High School to the church will begin at 11:45.

Additional information on the memorial fund and service proceedings can be found at the Tuolumne County SAR website (www.tuolumnesar.org)

COMPILED BIOGRAPHY
JAMES F. SEGERSTROM

STATISTICS

Born: Reno, Nevada February 21, 1946
Raised: In Sonora, California. Family has been in area since Gold Rush era.
High School: Menlo School, Menlo Park, California. Graduated 1964
College: University of the Pacific, Stockton, California. Graduated 1968
BA in Business Administration. Minor in Journalism.
Sacramento State University
Masters in Business Program, 1 year completed.
Modesto Junior College
Certificate, Mobile Intensive Care Program. Class of 1977
Military: United States Marine Corps. Reserve.
Platoon Leaders Class. 1965-1968. Honorable Discharge.

Current Occupations:
Consultant and Director, Special Rescue Services Group
Specialized swift water and flood rescue training, helicopter rescue, rope
Rescue and industrial safety training world-wide.
Subject-matter expert witness and investigator. Risk management
Assessment and reports. Providing such services for both defense and
plaintiff's attorneys on all life safety and risk management issues regarding
search and rescue; whitewater rafting; high-risk sports; industrial safety and
rescue; swiftwater rescue; and helicopter safety and rescue. Conduct
site investigations and studies for high-risk commercial, industrial,
and recreational businesses; insurance companies; and state and
Federal agencies, parks, and recreation areas.
Founding Partner, World Rescue Group, Inc. A multi-national alliance of
companies involved in search and rescue and life-safety, training, consulting
and equipment worldwide. Currently teaching courses in North America,
Asia, Australia and Europe. Representatives in the U.S; Canada; Taiwan;
Australia, Japan, and Switzerland.

From 1979 to 2000:
Vice President for Operations, Rescue 3 International, Elk Grove, California.
Founded the company as a sole-proprietorship in 1979. Retain 40%
Ownership.
Directed the day-to-day operations of twenty year old rescue company,
one of only a handful of such successful concerns in the United States. In
charge of instructor development; quality assurance; curriculum and text
writing; and international market development. Company teaches courses
and instructor courses in eleven foreign countries, directs and maintains
certifications for nearly 900 instructors; and supplies materials to those
instructors who in turn teach nearly 9000 students a year. Areas of
instruction are swiftwater and flood rescue; rope rescue; helicopter rescue;
specialized rescue and disaster management; river boat operations; personal
watercraft; and industrial safety and rescue.

Part-Time; On-call; and Volunteer Positions, currently:
Executive Director, International Rescue Instructors Association
Technical Specialist to the California Governor's Office of Emergency
Services, Special Operations, 19l97 to 2005
Consultant, State of Texas Swiftwater and Flood Planning Group, Texas
A and M University, 1999 to 2000.
Emergency Medical Technician, 1975 to 2003.
Founding member: Tuolumne County Sheriff's Search and Rescue Team,
since 1975.
Credentialed California Community College Instructor in Allied Health
Occupations.
Certified Utility Safety Administrator, National Safety Council
Frequent writer and contributor to international magazines, such as
Fire House; Rescue; Fire Rescue; Fire International, Asia Pacific Firefighter,
911 Magazine..
Founding Member, North American Helicopter Rescue Working Group
Author's Editorial Advisory Board, contributor and columnist, Advanced
Rescue Technology Magazine.
U.S. Contributing Editor, Technical Rescue Magazine, Portsmouth,
Hampshire, United Kingdom
Frequent speaker at national conferences on rescue, emergency management,
emergency medicine, and related issues.
Stunt work and commercial work, medical and technical rescue support to the
movie industry since 1973.
Member, Tuolumne County Film Commission.
Consultant and contributor to specialized rescue video production
companies.
Court-qualified expert witness and investigator, specializing in life safety
and search and rescue, in the U.S., Canada, and Australia.

Past Occupations:
Founder and sole proprietor, Rescue 3. After running concern as a part-time
operation from its founding in 1975, sold to present corporation in 1990.
Mobile Intensive Care Paramedic. 1977 to 1994.
Flight Paramedic, Mediflight of Northern California, part-time. 10 years.
EMT and search and rescue instructor, Columbia College. 6 years.
Commercial rafting guide, head boatman, and rafting instructor. 13 years.
Mountaineering shop owner. 4 years
Member, Screen Actors Guild. 6 years.
Apprentice Climbing Guide, Ecole d'Alpinisme, La Fouly, Switzerland. 1 year.
Commercial Loan Officer, Wells Fargo Bank 3 years.


Family Status.
Married since 1982 to Shiree. One son, Christian, born in 1984.
Hobbies:
Skiing
Aviation
Climbing
Rafting
Military history


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