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Episode 28 - Rich Merrell
Eye on Opticom
English - April 07, 2022 14:00 - 37 minutes - 25.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingTechnology public safety fire police law enforcement transit opticom traffic traffic signal preemption priority control gtt Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Episode 27 - Kurtis McBride and Nicole Rennalls
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Richard Merrell is a recently retired fire captain and the former uniformed aide to the assistant fire chief in Fairfax County, VA. After moving from the state of Washington in the early 2000s, the 31-year veteran was responsible for blanketing the county with EVP as its population growth exploded. He is also married to Dr. Lori Moore-Merrell, who was appointed by President Biden as the U.S. fire administrator on Oct. 25, 2021.