About First Start Medical
John Hawley, the founder of First Start Medical, started volunteering with the American
Red 
Cross in the 1970s and became a full-time instructor in 1977. Since then, he has added Red Cross Disaster Class teacher
and Disaster Team member to his credentials. John was deployed as part of the Disaster Team to Great Barrington in 1995
to assist tornado victims.
As a First Responder Instructor/Trainer in 1988, John began teaching municipal employees and police recruits at the Massachusetts Criminal Justice Training Council in Agawam. Seven years later, he was certified as an EMT Basic. In 2001, he successfully completed the Paramedic Certificate Program and has served as a Fire and Safety Officer for the Environmental Health & Safety Department at the UMass campus in Amherst since 2003.
In 2004, John started teaching first aid at Branford Hall Career Institute in Springfield. Later that year, he founded First Start Medical Training in order to teach everyday people how to save lives.
He is currently an EMT-P for the Belchertown Emergency Medical Service Team. When not on duty rendering emergency medical service, he runs First Start Medical Training.
John Hawley's key credentials include:
- Instructor for the American Red Cross since 1977
- A Red Cross Disaster Team Member and Disaster Class Teacher
- Deployed to Great Barrington in 1995 to assist with tornado victims
- First Responder Instructor/Trainer at the Massachusetts Criminal Justice Training Council in Agawam, MA since 1988. Teaching Municipal employees and police recruits.
- In 1995 became EMT Basic
- In 2001 completed Paramedic Certificate Program
- Has served as a Fire and Safety Officer for the Environmental Health & Safety Department at Umass Amherst, MA since 2003.
- Instructor at Branford Hall Career Institute in Springfield, MA since 2004
- Founded First Start Medical Training in 2004.
- EMT-P for the Belchertown Emergency Medical Service Team
- When not on duty actively rendering emergency medical service, John runs First Start Medical Training
