ERI Instructors

Emergency Response International’s professional associates represent a comprehensive spectrum of operational skills and experience related to search field skills and management of search operations, and emergency first aid. These instructors are currently active in training every aspect of these components and offer a resource rich body of information with technical expertise and real world experience. Our strength lies in high quality, proven programs presented by three of the most qualified, knowledgeable and respected trainers in the field.

Robert “Skip” Stoffel - Instructor and Company CEO
	R. Skip Stoffel was the CEO and founder of the Emergency Response Institute, and now of Emergency Response International, Inc. Skip was a former USAF Rescue/Survival Technician during Vietnam and also spent years as a professional guide. He spent five years in the Washington State SAR Coordination Agency and he also has over twenty five years training experience in search management, survival and emergency management. He has written and/or co-authored 32 books on multiple aspects of emergency response and survival. Skip has been trained as an EMT, a SCUBA diver, a glider pilot and has been a published author for over twenty eight years. His experience base includes working in search and emergency response related functions at local, state and federal levels throughout all regions of the United States. Skip continues to build on years of training course and supportive material development by spearheading specifically tailored books and training programs on SAR and Survival throughout the world.
Clive Swombow - Instructor
	Clive Swombow is a retired Chief Inspector from the North Wales Police with 30 years service in the UK. During that service, Clive served as the responsible officer in that Force for special operations, (canine, and tactical weapons teams) search and rescue, emergency planning and disaster response. Through his interest in SAR, he was appointed as the police liaison officer for the civilian and RAF Mountain Rescue Teams in the North Wales area, as well as the “C” Flight, 22 Squadron helicopter rescue unit at RAF Valley in Anglesey. Clive held this position for 23 years. Since his retirement, he has joined the Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue Organization that covers the mountainous areas of North Wales and Snowdonia National Park. For the past 12 years, Clive has specialized in managing searches for missing people in mountainous, rural and urban areas. He has extensive experience on searches for the elderly, young children and despondents, and frequently still trains with 22 Squadron at RAF Valley. He also has extensive experience in dive rescue operations. Clive has been an active instructor with ERI in Search Management training courses, field skills, man tracking and disaster management/emergency planning programs since 1990. He has instructed police, military and civilian personnel throughout the UK, and also in the U.S., Croatia, Iceland, Ireland and Sweden
Michael Rose - Instructor & UK Administrative Specialist for ERI - UK
	Michael is now serving with Devon & Cornwall police where he has been for 26 years. Mike has been a POLSA for 12 years and has been involved in police searching for about 24 years. He is a police search manager and has been involved in many high profile searches within the Force area. His current role is as the Force Police Search Adviser & Coordinator and has been heavily engaged in search training in force and with partners in a variety of aspects of search. He is a member of his Force contingency planning unit and involved in reviewing and writing policies in several areas of police work, mostly related to search, security matters and disaster victim recovery and identification. He is trained in management of disaster and civil emergencies and was search coordinator following the Boscastle disaster in Cornwall in 2004. He was Chairman of South West England Rescue Association (SWERA), and works closely with SAR groups in the Southwest. He has worked with a small group of dedicated volunteers to help bring about the formation of a new SAR group called Cornwall Search and Rescue Team (CSART) which has proved extremely effective since its formation 5 yrs ago. In January 2005, he was the 1st officer from this Force to be deployed to Thailand to assist in the recovery and identification of the deceased following the Tsunami disaster and has worked in other areas of the UK such as Gleneagles for the G8 summit in 2005.