Mark Misek is a captain with the Wichita, KS, Fire Department (WFD), where he has spent 17 years of his 23-year fire service career. He has been involved in apparatus design and specification for the WFD for the past 11 years. Misek spent more than three years in WFD's Training Division, where he was instrumental in the development of its Engine Operator Academy. Misek currently is assigned to Truck 5 in the northeast part of the city.