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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 the 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 Museum 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
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