Mike Niemeyer - Instructor Qualifications

Mike Niemeyer is a structural and Wildland Firefighter and wilderness trained Advanced EMT with Drakes Crossing Fire (serving Silver Falls State Park area) and a climb leader with the Chemeketan outdoor club. He is also a First Aid and CPR instructor for The American Heart Association and a Wilderness First Aid instructor for the Emergency Care and Safety Institute (ECSI) and ASHI.

 MEDICAL, FIRE RESCUE TRAINING - As Instructor
  1. ATV Safety Institute Class I course (Silver Falls State Park) 11-10-10
  2. Pediatric Emergencies, Medical, Trauma and Abuse (15hrs), Chemeketa CC, January 2011
  3. Mountain First Aid, Chemeketans, Silver Falls State Park, March 2011 (Course Instructor)
  4. American Heart Association, Basic Life Support Instructor, April 2011.
  5. Wilderness First Aid (Instructor) 2011, 2012, 2013
  6. Marion County SAR WFA (Instructor), 2015.
  7. October 2016 Wilderness First Aid (Instructor) - Silver Falls 
  8. Wilderness First Aid (Instructor) November 18-19, 2014
  9. Wilderness First Aid - Fall 2016
MEDICAL, FIRE RESCUE TRAINING RECEIVED
  1. Urban Search and Rescue 80 hrs LA County (long time ago)
  2. Medical Scenario Refresher – Corvalis Mtn Rescue March 2007
  3. Adult CPR certified and basic First Aid renewed March 2007
  4. Wilderness First Responder (10 Day 96 hrs WMA Training) Completed April 5th, 2007
  5. Professional CPR and AED March 2008
  6. NOLS WMI - Wilderness First Responder Recertification , Bend, Or 9/5-9/7/08
  7. Wilderness EMT Program and Medical Person in Charge Training (30 days) February 2010
  8. American Heart Assoc BLS for Health Care providers Feb 2010
  9. National Registry, EMT Basic Certification, February 24, 2010.
  10. Oregon EMT-B Certificate, March 2010.
  11. EMT Drakes Crossing Fire Rescue (Silver Falls State Park area)
  12. NFPA 1670 Water Rescue Awareness, July 2010
  13. FEMA Emergency Management Institute, ICS 100, 200 and 700 and 800.
  14. NFPA FireFighter I, Santiam Fire Academy, Fall 2011.
  15. NFPA 472 Operations Level Responder: Hazardous Materials/ Weapons of Mass Destruction 2/12/12
  16. BASIC WILDLAND FIREFIGHTER - S-190/S-130 and S-131, Sublimity Fire, April 20-22, 2012
  17. National Registry EMT Re-Certification May, 2012 
  18. WILDERNESS EMT - Recertification (24 hrs)  Remote Medical International, Seattle, June 2012
  19. NREMT Advanced EMT, June 2013.
  20. Oregon Advanced EMT, June 2013
  21. Santiam Canyon Regional EMS Summit, March 2014 (16 hrs)
  22. NFPA Apparatus Equipped with Fire Pump class (11F053) Oct 4, 5, 18, 19 2014
  23. ESCI Instructor Certification. (Current as of 2017) 
  24. NREMT Advanced EMT recertification (Expires 3/31/2019)
  25. Mass Casualty Burn Care - Salem – 2017 (5 hrs) 
  26. Basic Disaster Life Support, May 2017
  27. Advanced Disaster Life Support - June 2017
  28. Minuteman - Pathfinder Exercise,  June 2017. Cape Blanco.  Member of civilian Medical Rapid Response Team embedded with military medical teams tasked with establishing a casualty collection point under austere conditions.
  29. ASHI Wilderness First Aid Instructor Certification (2017)
  30. S-290 Intermediate Wildland Fire Behavior - November 2017
  31. S-230 Wildland Crew Boss - December 2017 
OUTDOOR SKILLS TRAINING (As Instructor)
  1. Chemeketan Climb School, 2005
  2. Rainier Mountaineering Expedition Seminar (1 week advanced mountaineering Seminar on Mt Rainier) 2005
  3. Chemeketan Climb School 2006 (Assistant)
  4. Chemeketan Climb School 2007(Assistant)
  5. Chemeketan Route Finding School 2007 (Assistant)
  6. Elliot Glacier Ice School, September 2007 (Assistant)
  7. Route Finding School, February 2008 (Assistant)
  8. Level I Avalanche Safety, (3-day training through Mazamas) March 2008
  9. Chemeketan Climb School 2008 (Assistant)
  10. Intro to Smith Rock, April 2008 (Assistant)
  11. Advanced Snow and Ice (ASI), Mazamas 2008
  12. Chemeketan Climb School, Instructor 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
  13. Low-angle rope rescue training (Instructor) for local fire and SAR groups (2010 - 2017)
  14. Intermediate Snow Skills and Crevasse rescue, Mt Hood. May 2015 (Lead Instructor.)
  15. Intermediate Snow Skills and Crevasse rescue, Mt Hood. May 2016 (Lead Instructor.)
  16. Intermediate Snow Skills and Crevasse rescue, Mt Hood. April 2017 (Lead Instructor.)
MOUNTAINEERING (Successful Summits)
*= Chemeketen Club Climb
  1. Middle Sister 1971
  2. Mt Hood South Side , Mazamas club climb 2001
  3. Broken Top* 5-29-05 with Pam Otley and Jay Avery
  4. Three Finger Jack*, 7-16-05 , (Steve Doughtery leader)
  5. Mt Adams* via Mazama glacier 7-8-06 (Assistant leader for Kris Richardson)
  6. Mt Rainier (variation of Ingraham Glacier and DC Route) August 2005
  7. Mt Shasta* 6-17-06 (John Petrie Leader Assist with Herb Fecker)
  8. Mt Olympus* via blue glacier 7-28-06 (Assistant leader for Steve Dougherty)
  9. Mt Thielsen* 8-5-06 (Matt van Campen leader)
  10. Mt Shuksan* via fisher Chimneys 8-19-06 (Assistant leader for Steve Dougherty and led summit rock pitches)
  11. Mt Hood* via Old Chute route, May 2007 (Assistant leader for Scott Phillips)
  12. Middle Sister* via Hayden glacier, May 2007 (Assistant leader for Keith Hill)
  13. Glacier Peak* July 12-15, 2007 (Bill Saur, leader)
  14. Mt Washington, August 2007 *(assisted Steve Doughtery)
  15. Mt Jefferson*, Sept 1-3, 2007. (assisted Steve Dougherty)
  16. Mt Hood via Leuthold Couloir, June 21-22, 2008 *(Co-led)
  17. Middle Sister, Hayden Glacier, June 2008* (Led)
  18. Mt Adams, Mazama Glacier July 2008 * (Led)
  19. Mt Baker, Easton Glacier July 2008 * (Assist)
  20. North Sister, SE Spur, August 2008 * (Assist)
  21. South Sister, September 28, 2008 (Mazama climb)
  22. Mt St Helens, May 30 - 31, 2009* (Led)
  23. Mt Hood DOJ "Justice at Every level" June 26, 2009 (Led)
  24. Mt Washington, July 18, 2009 * (Led)
  25. Mt Rainier, Kautz Glacier, July 23-25, 2009
  26. Mt Stuart, August 14-16, 2009 *(led)
  27. Mt Washington, August 22, 2009 *(led)
  28. Mt Hood, June 27, 2010* (led)
  29. Mt Washington, July 3, 2010* (Leader , assist)*
  30. Mt Hood, Old Chute, June 27, 2011 (led)
  31. Middle Sister, Hayden Glacier, July 23-24, 2011 (leader assist)*
  32. Middle Sister, Hayden Glacier, August 13-14, 2011 (led)*
  33. Middle Sister Hayden Glacier, July 21-22, 2012 (led)*
  34. Mt Washington, N Ridge, August 19, 2012 (led)*
  35. Mt Washington, N Ridge, Sept 9th, 2012 (led)
  36. Middle Sister, July 19th 2014 (led)*
  37. Mt Washington, Aug 10 2014 (led)*
MISC NON-TECHNICAL SUMMITS
  1. Mt Whitney 1970, 1972, 2002
  2. Mt San Gorgonio
  3. Mt San Jacinto
  4. Mt Baden Powell
EXTENDED BACKPACKING
  1. John Muir Trail (Yosemite to Mt Whitney 211 miles in 32 days) 1972
  2. John Muir Trail (Yosemite to Mt Whitney 211 miles in 22 days) 2002
ROCK
AWARDS
  1. Chemeketan 18 Peaks award (2009)
  2. 2009 EMS Civilian Service Award (Mt Hood Rescue)
  3. 2010 EMS Medal of Valor (Silver Falls Rescue)
  4. Golden Ember Award (2011) Santiam Fire Academy