SAFE OF FLORIDA - Key Persons
Bob started shooting at the age of 8 with a Daisy BB gun, being taught by his dad. And, SAFETY was top priority. He has had a lifetime of target practice between the shooting ranges and my backyard. He has also done a lot of skeet shooting. In addition, he taught many family members and friends how to shoot. In 1973, he enlisted in the Marines. He qualified as an Expert on both rifle and pistol shooting. During basic training on Parris Island, he received awards for Highest Shooter of the Year and top shooter of all three battalions. His experience includes: M-14 and M-16 rifles, and a variety of caliber pistols.
Cindy is the owner of S.T.A.G.E.D, a home staging company, and L.A. Real Estate. L.A. Rea; Estate is a full-service estate company helping buyers, sellers and investors along with property management of residential or commercial properties in the Central Florida area. Just getting into the firearm world, Cindy in an NRA certified Pistol Instructor and Range Safety Officer (RSO). Cindy is working with the youth shooting programs at SAFE of Florida, seeking to pass on safety and knowledge to the future adults of the world.
Kent started shooting in an NRA Junior Marksmanship Rifle Program at the age of 11. Educated as a chemist, Kent started working in industry after college. Over the years, Kent transitioned into technical sales, eventually retiring as VP Marketing & Sales from a large Central Florida manufacturer. Kent's love for shooting re-ignited in 2006. He is an NRA certified instructor in pistol & rifle, along with being a marksmanship coach and Hunter's Ed educator.
Mitch was in the U.S. Army and the Florida National Guard for eleven years. He also had a thirty year career as a firefighter with Orange County Fire Rescue where he helped establish the first Hazardous Materials Response Unit in Central Florida. He retired from the fire department in 2005. In 1988 he began a part time career in adult education. He was the lead instructor for OUC's Stanton Energy Plant's Emergency Response Team for seventeen years. In 1998, he was honored to have been selected by the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. National Fire Academy to be in the first group of instructors to teach Response to Terrorism Involving Hazardous Materials.
His grandfather first taught him to shoot when he was 10 years old. While in the Army, he was an expert with the M16 rifle and the M203 Grenade Launcher. For a time, he was the NCO in Charge of the M203 practice range at the Florida National Guard's Camp Blanding Training Center. Currently, he enjoys High Powered Rifle shooting, specifically the Service Rifle competitions. He also practices precision shooting with the 22 caliber rifle. He believes that Precision Shooting is a sport, very much like karate, in which to be successful an individual needs to plan, practice, and participate. A participant of precision shooting must have discipline and self-control prior to an event, whether a true completion or just practice. It is important for the shooter to display discipline and self-control so that every shot is done in the exact same manner. Sight alignment, trigger control, shooting position, awareness of breath control and even heart rate are all hallmarks of a great precision shooter. All of these and other aspects of shooting must be put together the same way every time.
Job Titles:
- Safety Officer
- Safety Officer Admin 2014 - 07 - 23T02
Requirements: Must have had NRA Instructor Basic Instructor Training (BIT) within the last TWO YEARS. Must also have successfully completed a NRA RSO course. NRA Chief Range Safety Officer Course was created to develop NRA Certified Chief Range Safety Officers who possess the knowledge, skills, and attitude necessary to train and supervise NRA Range Safety Officers and to develop Range Standard Operating Procedures(SOP). This is an instructor-level course. To become a NRA Chief Range Safety Officer, you must be a NRA Certified Instructor or have taken the NRA Basic Instructor Training (BIT). If you are a NRA Range Safety Officer, but not a NRA Instructor, please check the course schedule for a NRA Pistol Instructor Course to attend NRA Basic Instructor Training (BIT).
Scott is a retired business owner of a manufacturer representative's organization in the aviation, industrial and marine industry, based in central Florida since 1988. He is a past president of the Goldenrod Community Alliance, which worked with Orange County to improve the conditions on the Cady Way Trail and Goldenrod area.
As a multi-discipline appointed NRA Training Counselor and Chief Range Safety Officer, he teaches firearm courses in pistols, rifles and shotguns, personal protection and non-firearm courses to the public. With the NRA/CMP/USA Shooting Sports Level 1 Rifle and High-power rifle coach credentials, he has been involved in youth shooting sports in Central Florida since 1999, working with local JROTC and other youth shooting sports programs. He continues to support hunter safety as a FWC Hunter Safety Instructor.
He began his shooting sports career in 1959 in the NRA Jr. program and continues to enjoy the sport.
Walter has been shooting over forty years, with twenty-one of those years serving in law enforcement. Over the years, Walter has taught his friends and family how to safely and properly handle and shoot firearms. Walter is also a life member of the NRA, an NRA Certified Pistol Instructor and NRA certified Range Safety Officer (RSO). Recent, he has started to shoot in International Defensive Pistol Association (IDPA) competitions.