Joe DeVito

Joseph DeVito followed in his father’s footsteps with the Manhasset Lakeville Fire Department on Long Island at the age of 17. The passion turned into a career with the Fort Myers Beach Fire District in Florida. He started off as an EMT for the county-run EMS service, became a medic, and then returned to his true calling, the fire service. He worked his way through promotions to engineer and lieutenant and has been a captain for over ten years. 

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Joe’s obsessions are thermal imaging and fire behavior. Over 15 years ago Kill the Flashover heavily influenced him and that is when Andrew Startnes took him under his wing as a mentee. Joe wanted to show firefighters everything he had learned because he knew other firefighters did not know it either. He wanted them to know how it works, what it can do, what it cannot do and how it can help fireifghters make educated decsiosons while staying safe on and off the fire scenes.

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Joe has been blessed presenting to departtments and conferecnes around the nation. He has been on podcasts and webcasts, in articles, and all over fire service media.Whether he is running a class, speaking at an event, or helping departments with their thermal imager needs, the focus is still the same since day one, to help people better understand a tool that is underutilized in the fire service due to lack of understanding and education. 

 

He holds numerous degrees and certifications, including ITC Level 1 Thermography, CPSE Fire Officer designation, Florida Fire Officer II, Instructor II, Live Fire Training Instructor, and EMS Instructor certifications. Despite his years in the fire service, Joseph still considers himself a student of the job and remains passionate about continuing to learn, teach, and give back to the fire service.