About The Meter Guys
Safety Through Knowledge, Proven in the Field
The Meter Guys is an innovative hands-on meter training program for First Responders. This course provides quality air-monitoring training. The use of a meter on an emergency scene is the foundation for safety.
Through our program, students will learn how to not only use their meters, but interpret their readings. We will travel to you so your members can learn in the environment they spend every day in.
Meet The Meter Guys Team
Scott Russell
BCoFD Retired
Founder & Lead Training Instructor
Scott Russell is a 30-year veteran of the Baltimore County Fire Department, beginning his career as a paramedic in 1994 and retiring in 2024 as a Captain with the Hazardous Materials Response Team. He also served 27 years in the Air Force, retiring as a Lieutenant Colonel with the Delaware Air National Guard’s 142nd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, deploying nine times in support of overseas contingencies and specializing in disaster and emergency response planning.
Scott holds degrees in Emergency Medical Services, Nursing, and Disaster/Emergency Management. He is passionate about hands-on, in-person first responder training built around his Safety Through Knowledge™ and KISS principles, with a focus on responder survival, safety, and cancer prevention. He is also the founder of Society of One America’s Defenders, a nonprofit dedicated to building homes for combat-wounded veterans.
Heather Russell
Lieutenant Colonel Ret.
VP & Medical Consultant
Heather Russell is an experienced nursing and healthcare operations leader with over 30 years in hospital and clinical settings. She retired as a Lieutenant Colonel from the 142nd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron after 23 years of service, serving as a Flight Nurse, Chief Nurse Executive, and deploying to Iraq and Bosnia. She also served at the National Guard Bureau in Washington, D.C., advising on homeland operations and healthcare-related legislation.
Heather holds an MSN in Leadership and Healthcare Administration from Drexel University and a BSN from Immaculata University. A certified instructor in CPR, ACLS, patient safety, and critical care, she is a trusted healthcare and legal consultant known for her operational leadership, mentoring, and collaborative approach.
Dan Warchol
Instructor and
Meter Specialist
Dan is a 26-year emergency services veteran with experience in EMS, 911/ Emergency Dispatch Operations, Emergency Management, Fire and Hazardous Materials response.
Dan has worked for Baltimore County Fire Department for the past 10 years and currently holds the rank of Fire Lieutenant assigned to the primary Hazmat Unit. He is the Meter Repair Group Supervisor in addition to his regular duties. His past experience comes from Union County NJ Hazmat Unit where he was a Captain responsible for daily responses and administrative duties including the UASI Hazmat Group Supervisor, overseeing the funding for the hazmat units in the region & the designing of 3 regional mass decontamination vehicles. He was also the Secure The Cities Marine Unit Coordinator. Dan currently serves as a Hazmat Instructor for the NJ State Police hazmat tech course thru Rutgers University and is a contract meter instructor for Environics USA. Dan has also worked as an EMT or paramedic for over 25 years and currently works in York County PA as a paramedic. In his spare time he coach’s his 2 girls, Alyssa and Daniella’s soccer teams and enjoys camping with his wife Charlene and family.
Chris Hawley
Instructor/Author and
Meter Specialist
Chris was the Special Operations Coordinator for the Baltimore County, MD Fire Department. Chris was a firefighter for 24 years and a HazMat responder for 37 years. He is the author of several HazMat and Terrorism response textbooks and most recently published his 3rd Edition of Monitoring & Detection textbook with Jones & Bartlett Learning. After his Fire Department career, he was a Deputy Program Manager responsible for WMD and Counterproliferation courses within the DOD International Counterproliferation Program (ICP). This cooperative program with the FBI and DHS provides threat assessment, Anti-Terrorism and HazMat training, and full-scale exercises worldwide. He has served as a subject matter expert or principal partner on emergency response topics, for a number of training and consulting companies.
Ben Bosley
Instructor and Meter Specialist
Ben is a 25-year firefighter in the Baltimore County Fire Department where he has spent 20 of those as a Hazmat Technician with the Hazardous Materials Response Team. He is a meter training expert and a master instructor. His teaching techniques make learning meters fun and relevant to where the rubber meets the road which prepares the student for the call “when meters matter”. He has a passion for teaching fundamentals of basic chemistry and hazardous materials response. He has the gift of taking complex ideas/concepts and boiling them down to what the first responder needs to know on an incident. He takes great pride in training the next generation of First Responders as well as volunteering much of his time to the Boy Scouts of America. He is an avid Civil War re-enactor and supports The Society of One Americas Defenders in their building of houses for combat wounded Veterans.
Coming Soon
Our Next Instructor
Meter Specialist
We only seek out the best instructors in the industry. Our next addition to our cadre will be revealed this summer. Another great asset to The Meter Guys and the responders that he/she will be training.
