Joe Lenahan
TERC USA,
Education Committee Chair
Phone: (631) 774-5255
(Montauk FD)
Joe Lenahan is a 39 year veteran of the Montauk Fire Department. He was Chief within the ranks in 2000 - 2004 and 2014 - 2016, as well as Captain of the Rescue Company. He has been lead on Rescue Operations in the Montauk FD for over 30 years ith extensive training in all phases of rescue and vehicle extrication.
Joe hold a New York State Instructor Certification in Rescue Operations and Vehicle Extrication's since 1996. He is a certified Firefighter, Extrication Specialist, Confined Space Technician, RIT, Rescue Diver, Water & Ice Rescue, High & Low Angle Rescue, Trench Rescue, EV Vehicle Rescue Tech and serves as the Montauk Fire Department Training Instructor.
Joe has been competing in Vehicle Extrication Challenges including within JOLT & TERC Challenges for over 28 years. He served as Montauk FD's Extrication Team's incident Commander that won the TERC National Challenge in 2019.
Joe is the Founder of the EXTRICATION 101 platform which he started in 2021 on Facebook that shares specifics on Vehicle Extrication training ideas, tool operations, and real world incidents aroudn the world.
He also runs his own rescue training and tool design company "Rescue 2 Enterprises" since 2016.
Joe has held the position as the Northeast Regional Rep for TERC USA since 2020.