Our Team
Instructor
Nathan brings nearly two decades of high-risk operational experience to First Due Resuscitation. Alongside 6 years as an active firefighter/EMT, his career includes 18 years as an Army special agent with combat deployments, training as a rescue diver, a USCG OUPV captain, and a hazmat technician. This diverse background ensures students receive rigorous, real-world training rooted in actual emergency response and tactical safety protocols.
Instructor
With 13 years of experience in the fire service, Colten serves as a professional firefighter/paramedic and Training Captain in Pierce County. A graduate of Central Washington University with a B.S. in paramedic education. He spends his career teaching, mentoring, and developing other. Bringing that extensive instructional leadership to First Due Resuscitation, Colten is passionate about replacing boring compliance training with practical street-level knowledge that gives people the absolute confidence to act when every second counts. Outside of the station, he lives in Puyallup with his wife and their dog, River. Colten can usually be found surfing on the lake in the summer or snowboarding in the mountains during the winter.