The Firehouse Yak: Tyler Whittredge – Finding Your Identity in the Firehouse

Peter Matthews is the conference director and editor-in-chief of Firehouse. He has worked at Firehouse since 1999, serving in various roles on both Firehouse Magazine and Firehouse.com staffs. He completed an internship with the Rochester, NY, Fire Department and served with fire departments in Rush, NY, and Laurel, MD, and was a lieutenant with the Glenwood Fire Company in Glenwood Landing, NY. Matthews served as photographer for the St. Paul, MN, Fire Department and currently is a photographer for the Fort Worth, TX, Fire Department.        

Tyler Whittredge is a firefighter/paramedic with the Saratoga Springs, NY, Fire Department who has 12 years of experience in the fire service. He has served in a variety of roles, including volunteer firefighter and firefighter/EMT with the U.S. Department of Energy. Whittredge is an adjunct instructor, a certified Confined Space Technician and an ITRA Level 2 rope rescue technician with Capital Technical Rescue. He holds an associate degree in fire science from Onondaga Community College.