Bio of G.R. “Ray” Field: CEM, CSP, BSSC, MTT, MSHSA

Director of Operations, Executive Director, Chairman, (Veteran)

E-Mail Address: classes@safetyinstituteusa.org

Mr. Field started teaching CPR and Basic First Aid in April 1973 and now has over 18,321 Instructors worldwide. He comes from a family of firefighters, his dad was a firefighter fire chief, his brother was a firefighter fire chief, and his brother-in-law is a firefighter fire chief. Mr. Field is a Veteran of the U. S. Army, Military Police, Combat Medic and along with being a current U.S. Department of Defense Military Contractor in Medical Training.  In addition, Mr. Field holds a MS degree in Health and Safety Administration.

Mr. Field is a published author of Survival Bible: Things God Never Taught You and Safety Institute USA Professional Responders and Health Care.

Mr. Field has 52 years of experience as an Emergency Response Training Specialist.  As of October 2024, he has personally instructed over 750,000 people in CPR/First Aid and he continues to instruct courses daily. His goal is to personally instruct over 1,000,000 students in CPR and First Aid.

He is trained and certified to instruct in all the following:
Search and Rescue and Recovery
SCBA (Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus)
ACLS-BLS-Pediatric CPR / Professional Rescuer
First Aid/Advanced First Aid/Trauma and Triage
AED/Automated External Defibrillator
Ergonomics
Safety Specialist
PADI Diver Rescue
OSHA Compliance Coordinator
American Red Cross Community First Aid and Safety
Specialist Anaphylactic Shock
Emergency Respiration and Airborne Contaminants
Disaster Services Coordinator, Disaster Liaison Coordinator
Damage Assessment Coordinator
EVOC-Emergency Vehicle Operators Course
Defensive Driving
Alcohol Awareness
FEMA Coordinator
Certified Back Injury Prevention Specialist U.S. Dept. of Labor
Forklift Operator
9-1-1 Emergency Response Educator
Back Injury Prevention Specialist
Farm Medic Basic
PALS
Confined Space Entry
Boater Safety
U. S. Dept. Of Transportation-
National Highway Transportation Safety Administration Injury Prevention Specialist
Children’s Bike Safety-Road Awareness
Hazardous Material Handling and Disposal
FEMA Radiological Emergency Management Coordinator
Emergency Management USA Coordinator
Preparedness Planning for a Nuclear Crisis Instructor
FEMA Animal Emergency Rescue
U.S. Army Survival Training
Ramp, Ground, and Flight Line Safety Operations
Investigation Management and Witness Interviewing specialist
FEMA-Certified instructor for ICS-100, ICS-200, 300, 400, 700, 800, 55, 33
FEMA Animals in Disaster Awareness Preparedness and Community Planning
Community Emergency Response Team [CERT] Instructor, Facilitator and Master-Train-Trainer, [Dept of Homeland Security – TEEX – Texas Association of Regional Councils, National Emergency Response and Rescue Training Center]
Wilderness and Remote First Aid and Survival Training
Master-Train-The-Trainer Emergency Response Team Training and Disaster Response and Evacuation Preparedness [Texas A&M – TEEX]
Bioterrorism: Mass Prophylaxis Preparedness & Planning [National Emergency Response and Rescue Training Center]
ADLS-BDLS Advanced Disaster Life-Support, Basic Disaster Life Support [UT Dallas], and Nutritional and Diabetes Instructor [Stanford University].

To date: Mr. Field has received the following awards and accolades:
Certificate of Merit from President George Bush, for Saving a Life, 1991
American Red Cross Highest Award Certificate of Merit for Lifesaving
Proclamations from Houston TX Mayors: Honorable Kathy Whitmire, Bob Lanier, Lee Brown, Annise Parker, John Whitmire
State of Texas Senate 2014 Award Outstanding Community and Public Service
Outstanding Volunteer Award for Saving Lives, Governor Greg Abbott 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
Texas State Representative’s Life Saving Award for Saving over 800 Lives during Hurricane Harvey, State of Texas Issued 2018
Texas Governor’s Outstanding Volunteer Service Proclamation, 2015, 2016, 2017
Texas House Lifesaving Award 800 Lives, 2018
President’s Volunteer Service Award Designee, Points of Light, 2018
President Trump’s Lifetime Achievement Award 2018

In addition, Mr. Field is the co-founder of the Wild Horse Foundation whose Mission is to provide adoptive homes for America’s living legends, the American Wild Horses. Mr. Field has active MOUs with the U.S. Navy, U.S. Forestry Service, U.S. National Park Service, U.S. Department of Interior Bureau of Land Management, and State of Nevada Department of Agriculture Estray Program.  Mr. Field is also currently a Bureau of Land Management Volunteer in Wild Horse Compliance ensuring wild horses are being cared for properly. He has a Texas A & M Equine Nutrition and Foal Management Certification, Range Management and Forage Certifications through his Wild Horse Foundation.

His latest endeavor, Texas’ first-ever, YourChildOurChild Project protects and helps early childhood educators with recurrent training by cutting costs 50%.