Tim Rogers

Battalion Chief Tim Rogers recently retired after 38 years of active and continuous service with the Charlotte Fire Department. At the time of his retirement, he was assigned to Battalion 5 of the Operations Division.  He now concentrates his time as the Managing Director for the Search and Rescue Training and Consulting Group- a Rescue 3 International Training Provider. Tim is married to his beloved Jonnie, a retired high school career development coordinator, and they shared the joy of raising their daughter Brooke who is a graduate of Clemson University and now serves as a Neuro-Trauma-ICU nurse in Greenville, SC.

As well, Chief Rogers is a Regional Director and Instructor-Trainer for Rescue 3 International; past coordinator of his department’s flood response and notification program as well as serving as a member of the city and county Flood Information Notification System or FINS leadership committee; and served as the Technician Group Leader and training coordinator for the North Carolina Emergency Management’s Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team (NC-HART) as well as the swift water boat operations program.  In 1998, and in recognition of his program development and response efforts, Chief Rogers was awarded the Higgins and Langley Memorial for Outstanding Achievement in Swiftwater Rescue.  He went on to receive a second Higgins and Langley Memorial Award in 2002 for an incident that involved the rescue of two teens whom caught in swift water in Charlotte, a third Memorial Award in 2005 for his response as a NC-HART member while deployed during Hurricanes Frances and Ivan in North Carolina, and a fourth award for his work in the United Kingdom with their Chief Fire Officers Association.  In 2006, he received the NASAR State Award for North Carolina for this work with the FEMA/NIMS SAR Credentialing Committee. For his work with Rescue 3 International and Rescue 3 Europe, Tim has received their respective Lifetime Achievement Awards.