Brad Warr is a Chief Instructor for Roco Rescue, he came on board in 2003 and teaches a wide variety of technical rescue classes including rope rescue, confined space rescue, trench rescue, and structural collapse. He is also a member of Roco’s Contracted Safety & Rescue Team (CSRT), providing standby rescue services for plants, refineries and other industrial facilities.

Brad became a firefighter for the Nampa (ID) Fire Department in 1998 and was promoted to Captain in 2006, he recently retired earlier this year. His responsibilities included training the department’s Heavy & Technical Rescue Team. Before joining the fire department, Brad worked for three years as an Emergency Response Technician for a large manufacturer in Boise, Idaho, where he was responsible for OSHA compliance, emergency medical response, confined space/rope rescue response and hazardous materials response.

Brad lives in Boise, Idaho with his wife and is the proud father of five grown boys. When he isn’t instructing he enjoys hunting and all-season mountain biking, including in the Idaho snow on his fat-tire bike.