About

Mr. Corey Molinelli has over 15 years as an emergency responder. He served in the US Army as an explosives specialist. Then starting in a combination fire department Mr. Molinelli rose to the rank of Assistant Fire Chief of Special Operations and Training, and was responsible for the creation and training of a county wide hazmat team. Mr. Molinelli also served as a federal firefighter and Hazmat/WMD Specialist at Ft. Leonard Wood, where he was responsible for the hazmat/WMD training of department personnel, and for coordinating responses to the Live Chemical Agent Training Facility. He has also served in roles with the County Sheriffs office and as the County Emergency Manager. For seven years Mr. Molinelli was an adjunct instructor for the University of Missouri Fire Rescue Training Institute working in the WMD and Special Operations courses and development programs. Mr. Molinelli then worked with Seminole County Fire in Central Florida, where he now resides, as the Training Lieutenant of Special Operations. Currently Mr. Molinelli Serves on several state committees that focus on Hazmat and WMD response. He is a Hazmat Specialist with Florida Task Force # 4, an Urban Search and Rescue Team. He is also a member of the American Rescue Team, where he serves as Group Manager of the Counter-Terrorism and WMD section of the Emergency Planning Group and as a Team Leader of the internationally deployable “Rapid Deployment Team.” Mr. Molinelli is also involved as a consultant for the UASI in Florida. Corey teaches for Louisiana State University Academy of Counter Terrorist Education as an Adjunct instructor. LSU’s program is part of the domestic preparedness consortium of training partners. He mainly teaches for the bio weapons program traveling the country training responders to better mitigate an incident involving a WMD. He also does work for the University of South Florida Center for Biomedical research, and has his own training and consulting business. He also conducts OSHA Hazmat and Confined Space Training. Corey has also been named as HAZMAT coordinator for the city HAZMAT team where he lives. Corey is also the author of several articles relating to WMD and hazardous materials response, which have been published in several nationally recognized journals and periodicals.