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Instructor Bios

Sonja Shirey : I started my career in the health and safety field in 1984 as a 911 emergency dispatcher for the North Slope Borough Police Department in Barrow Alaska. My dispatch area encompassed the entire 88,000 square miles of the north slope including Barrow and it’s seven sister villages. For several years I worked closely with local fire, EMS and search and rescue agencies as a dispatcher and evidence technician. In 1989, I became a volunteer EMT responding to medical emergencies via ambulance, search and rescue helicopter and fixed wing aircraft. In 1991 I made the leap into full time EMS provider and began working with the department of health and social services EMS program as an instructor and later became the Training Coordinator for the Northern Region EMS Office.

In 1994 my husband Dan and I moved out of Barrow and relocated in Anchorage. Not wanting to get out of the teaching realm, we formed our company MultiMed. I now teach EMS classes full time. I am so proud of each new student who challenges themselves to learn these valuable skills. Together we can save lives!

Dan Shirey : In 1970, I enlisted in the United States Coast Guard and was trained as a scuba diver, motor lifeboat skipper, firefighter and EMT-I providing search and rescue services on the Oregon and Washington coasts.

In 1974, when my enlistment was up, I became a police officer in Yakima, Washington where I continued my role in emergency medical services and became a scuba training officer for Yakima County police and underwater forensic teams.

In 1983 I accepted a position on the North Slope Borough Department of Public Safety in Barrow, Alaska where I met my lovely wife Sonja. We have both been actively involved in security, safety and medical services since then. As long time instructors and active EMS first responders we have the knowledge to provide a unique training module and the experience to back it up.