About Us
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. Our mission is to encourage safety through knowledge.
Meet The Team
Scott Russell
Lieutenant Colonel Ret.
Founder & Instructor
Scott Russell is a 30-year Veteran of the Baltimore County Fire Department. He began his career as a Paramedic in 1994 and retired in 2024 as a Captain of the Hazardous Materials Response Team. He also retired from the Air Force after 27 years of service as a Lieutenant Colonel with the Delaware Air National Guards 142nd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron. His duties were Aeromedical Evacuation of wounded. He deployed nine times in support of four different overseas contingencies. He also performed Disaster/Emergency planning with the Air National Guard specializing in Hurricane evacuation/disaster response. His education consists of an AA Emergency Medical Services, BS in Nursing, and a MS in Disaster/Emergency Management. His love is First Responder training and instilling the basics through his Safety Through Knowledge™ concepts; his company creates training focused on the responder with the principles of STK™ and the KISS (keep it simple stupid) concept. He is passionate about First Responder training, getting off the computers and training hands on in person. His goal is to promote Survival and Safety on incidents and to prevent Cancer in first responders. He also founded the non-profit organization Society of One America’s Defenders which is dedicated to building houses for combat wounded Veterans.
Heather Russell
Lieutenant Colonel Ret.
VP & Medical Consultant
Heather Russell is an Experienced Director Of Nursing with a demonstrated history of achieving results and working in the hospital & health care industry for over 30 years. She retired from the 142nd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron as a Lieutenant Colonel after 23 years of service. She served as a Flight Nurse and the units Chief Nurse Executive as well as deploying overseas two times serving in Iraq, and Bosnia. Heather further served as the Air National Guards Chief Nurse's aide for 3 years at the National Guard Bureau in Washington, D.C. consulting on force structure for Homeland Operations and legislative bills on Capitol Hill. Skilled in Nursing She is a certified educator/instructor in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Patient Safety, Critical Care and Acute Care. She is a strong operations professional with a MSN focused in Leadership and Health Care Administration from Drexel University as well as a BSN from Immaculata University. She is also a consultant for healthcare issues, sought out by many health care institutions for her leadership expertise and operational solutions. She also performs legal consultation for law firms. She has a magnetic personality which is critical to her Operational Leadership, coaching and mentoring success.
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.
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.