With more than 30 years of Fire Service and Law Enforcement experience, Terry has extensive training as a Provincial Security Officer, Firefighter, Fire Prevention Officer and most recently as a Fire and Life Safety Educator. Terry’s career has promoted public safety while focusing on neurodiverse populations.

While employed as a firefighter, Terry was diagnosed with Autism and whether looking for fire hazards, advising Firefighters on life safety systems or teaching fire safety in a community classroom, Terry has always provided an autistic perspective to his colleagues and the public.

Terry started his career in the Canadian Armed Forces (Navy) serving on a Destroyer before transferring to a reserve unit to attend university. He joined the Ontario Legislative Security Service and was posted to the Center of Forensic Sciences and the Ontario Legislature where he served for twelve years before joining Whitby Fire and Emergency Services.

Terry and his Service Dog Molly spend their spare time assisting Municipal Fire Departments and community groups by attending their events to promote fire safety. They are also avid cyclists and bike thousands of miles in Ontario each year.