Kevin Reeves is currently an Aerospace Engineer at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama working with the US Army Special Operations Helicopters and the 160th SOAR (A). He has been a Volunteer Firefighter (FF2), EMT, Fire Instructor 1 with Monrovia Fire/Rescue in Madison, Al. for the last 8+ yrs. Kevin is the chairman and team lead for the RAT-SAR rescue team. He is also a member of the Huntsville Cave Rescue Unit (HCRU) with specialized training in SRT, Wilderness Hauls/Lowers and NFPA 1006 Rescue Technician (Cave Rescue I/II). He also holds a certification as a Swiftwater Rescue Technician (Advanced) and NASAR SARTECH 1. Kevin is an avid horizontal and vertical caver and has led many trips to known and new caves, rappelled and climbed out of deep pits and multi-drop cave systems in the Southeastern United States. His passion is for High Angle Rope Rescue and Search and Rescue. He has a continued interested in combining the best parts of SRT, canyoneering, cave rescue and NFPA style rope rescue techniques and equipment to find the best solution possible in training and real life scenarios. Kevin also enjoys camping, hiking, scuba diving, land navigation, survival and bushcraft skills, and holds an Extra class amateur radio license.