Jeremy Urekew is a hazmat team manager for the FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Ohio Task Force 1, a wilderness rescue paramedic for Red Star Wilderness EMS, a rescue specialist with the KSP Hoist Rescue Team, and an active member of Powell County Search and Rescue. He was a firefighter and paramedic in Jefferson County, KY, where he served as a captain of a heavy rescue company. Urekew also serves as CBRNE subject matter expert at the Center for Domestic Preparedness in Anniston, AL.