To provide the Residents of Monroe County and surrounding communities in Western New York training to remain as safe as possible by providing them with comprehensive and cost-effective safety education and certifications.
To provide the best possible cost/availability of Automated External Defibrillators to get early access to defibrillation to those in need.
To provide remote training courses for people not directly near us and continue to promote our vision of community safety.
ABOUT
Rob Dobberstein, CTR, Owner / Instructor, has lived in Fairport, NY his entire life. While attending college at SUNY Alfred he joined the college Emergency Response Team with basic First Aid & CPR training. In 1998, he decided to take the next step by becoming an EMT and joined the A.E. Crandall Hook & Ladder Company in Alfred, NY while attending college. In 1999, he joined Perinton Ambulance in Fairport, NY, where he served as an EMT, Operations Officer and Mass Casualty Incident Coordinator.
In 2004, he began volunteering Egypt Fire Department as a Firefighter/EMT/EMS Officer and a Captain on the Eastern Monroe County Rope Rescue Team. He has earned professional certificates from organizations such as the Federal Emergency Management Association, the Department of Homeland Security, the New York State Office of Emergency Management, and the New York State Fire Academy. He is a member and a technical committee member of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA).
All this while serving communities around the Country working full-time for Jensen Hughes Company as a Fire & Emergency Management Consultant and Training Coordinator.
On October 1, 2017, Safety Educational Services was born as a National American Safety & Health Institute (ASHI) Training Center. In 2021 ASHI merged with its other brands to form Health & Safety Institute (HSI).
Someone once asked me why I started Safety Educational Services?.... The simple answer is because I want the community to be better prepared for an emergency, especially when it comes to Sudden Cardiac Arrest with the hopes they won't have the same experiences I have had. My biggest reasons are my family...On December 26, 2016 my father-in-law, Lee Poinan suffered a from a Sudden Cardiac Arrest in our driveway following a our family Christmas dinner. Even though I immediately provided CPR, he left us that day. I still struggle asking myself what else I could have done. Even though I know and have been told by responders and Doctors that nothing else could have been done, it is still a hard reality to grasp. Since that day other in my family including my father and myself have a history of cardiac related issues. I have restructured my energy to help others be more prepared, get more AED's available to the public, support those that have gone through similar events, and keep my skills sharp with the hopes I will never have to use them again.
In October 2018, Rob joined the Monroe County Peer Support Team (www.mcpeersupport.org) to continue to serve the Emergency Services Members with Monroe County, volunteering his time to support first responders and their families. He currently serves as one of the Teams Executive Board Members.
Safety Educational Services is growing! In April 2021, we became a Licensed American Red Cross Training Provider and began offering some of their First Aid and CPR/AED Certifications.
In May 2021, He became credentialed as a Certified Trauma Responder (CTR) by the Association of Traumatic Stress Specialists (www.atss.info). He was later asked to serve as an applicant Sponsor and to be a member of the ATSS Review Board.
June 2021 Safety Educational Services partnered with a variety of companies to offer a variety of online courses. These partnerships allow us to offer courses like OSHA- Authorized Outreach programs, Defensive Driving & Points Reduction, Safe Food Handling, and many more.
Rob currently works full-time at Schuler-Haas Electric Corp. as their Company Safety Director.
