Andres Caraveo

Firefighter Caraveo began his career as a firefighter for the Carrollton fire department in 1996, and is currently assigned to engine company #23. 

Andres is a Georgia State Certified Firefighter, National Registry EMT, National Professional Qualified HAZ/MAT Technician, CPR/First Aid Instructor, Fire Safety Educator, and has training in emergency vehicle operations. 

During His career Andres has received additional training which includes, structural fire control, arson detection, emergency response to terrorism, survival Spanish for public safety officers, first responder to radiological transportation incidents, brain trauma 4 CEU’s, pre-hospital management of traumatic brain injuries, waste isolation pilot programs (radiological), and apparatus driver/operator training. 

Before becoming a firefighter, Andres served 20 years in the United States Army. During his career in the army Andres received many awards, decorations and letters of commendation. He served as a medical specialist in eyes, ear, nose, and throat. At the rank of first sergeant, Andres was a combat medic in a medical company and received a honorable discharge from the Army in 1991. 

Some of the military training Andres received was combat training, nursing, EMT, transportation of the sick and wounded, field surgery, field sanitation, anatomy and physiology, eye, ear, nose and throat training, chemical and biological testing, and decontamination. 

Some special team or committees Andres served on include Chemical Accident/Incident response teams, salt lake city disaster committee ( coordinates emergency response between hospitals, fire departments, police forces, and civilian personnel ), personnel and finance committees, and DPG military and civilian patient care. 

Andres attended many educational institutions including, The University of Cincinnati, El Paso Community College, City College of Chicago, Fitzsimmons Army Medical Center, and West Central Technical College.