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Frank
Heyl- Biography
World Renowned
Expert On Military Survival Training and Gear
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Frank
Heyl served as the principal instructor and director for training
with the military and contract survival school for 23 years.
He was appointed chairman of the Oregon Search and Rescue
Council in 1975. As chairman he assisted in the writing of
the State Search and Rrescue Training Standards. During the
construction of the Alaska petroleum pipeline he served as
a cold weather survival consultant and worked with manufacturesers
in the design specifications for the project cold weather
protective clothing. As a consultant he collaborated with
the American Petroleum Institute in the rewriting and editing
of the pipeline safetly manual, "Staying Alive In the
Arctic." The manual became the standard for cold weather
survival training in Alaska and Russia. His 40 years in teh
military inluded serving in the U.S. Army Air Force, U.S.
Air Force Reserve and Army National Guard. During his tenure
in the military he flew medical evacuation and search and
rescue missions. Additional military duties included protective
equipment and survival training. Between military tours, Frank
was with the Oregon Moseum of Science and Industry as Director
of Outdoor Education where he instituted a survival training
program for youngsters and their parents, and also co-authored
several survival training devices which have been used in
survival schools over 30 years. They include Edible and Poisonous
Plants of the Eastern States, Edible and Poisonous Plants
of the Western States and Survival Playing Cards.
Further accolades include:
1. Training Cunsultant for Universal Training Systems
2. Director of Training
3. Fixed Wing and Helicopter Pilot
4. Flight safety and survival trained instructor in U.S. Air
Force for 14 years
5. Expanded and edited the API publication "Staying Alive
In the Arctic"
6.Compiled the Offshore and Safety Procedures Manual and Training
Program for Standard Alaska Production Co., and Standard Oil
of Ohio.
7. Developed the design specifications for the cold weather
protective clothing Alyeska Service Company and Standard Alaska
Production Company. |
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