Jeff Rusteen has over 30 years in the fire service in both small and large urban fire departments as a firefighter/paramedic, officer and dispatch supervisor. Rusteen has responded to several major incidents, including the Oakland Hills Firestorm and the Loma Prieta Earthquake and he has been involved in the planning and response to regular mass gatherings when he was with the San Francisco Fire Department. His instructional experience includes both teaching and curriculum development for both college courses and private instruction for more than 25 years. This experience includes developing the Fire Medic Apprenticeship Program at the College of San Mateo. He was the principle in a private consulting firm offering disaster preparedness planning and implementation for health care and manufacturing in the San Francisco Bay Area.