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Army Guard’s environmental officer becomes new fire marshal

CLAY NATIONAL GUARD CENTER, June 11, 2010 – The Construction and Facilities Management Office (CFMO) recently announced that the Army Guard’s environmental officer, Capt. Karen Corsetti, will now also fill the newly instituted fire marshal position.

 

During a recent Safety Committee meeting, members noted that the Guard’s fire safety program needs improvement, specifically as it relates to facility fire inspections and the inspection process, said Col. Scott Carter, the organization’s construction and facilities management officer.

 

“I decided my office would take on the mission of improving the program and the inspection Process,” Carter explained. “However, that meant finding someone qualified to manage it all.”

 

That someone is Capt. Karen Corsetti of Peachtree City, who oversees the Guard’s Invasive Species Management program. She turned the humane and effective eradication of pests in the state’s 73 armories into an award-winning program, Carter noted. Corsetti will continue in that position, but her energies are going to be primarily focused on her new fire marshal duties.

 

The 20-year Guard veteran is an obvious choice for the job, according to Carter. Corsetti has eight years of experience as a volunteer fire fighter and paramedic – most of it with Peachtree City Fire Department. She holds National Professional Qualification (NPQ) certification as a level 2 firefighter, level 2 fire instructor, level 1 public fire and life safety educator, level 1 wild land firefighter and level 1 fire inspector. She is also a credentialed weapons of mass destruction hazardous materials technician, advanced hazardous materials life support instructor and a health and wellness Instructor.

 

Corsetti’s training over the past several years has sent her to courses at the National Fire Academy in Emmitsburg, Md., the Center for Domestic Preparedness at Anniston, Ala., and the Georgia Public Safety Training Academy in Forsyth.

 

(Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Roy Henry, Public Affairs Office, Georgia Department of Defense.)

 

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