Dirigo Readiness Group LLC

03/23/2026

03/15/2026

Catch Paul at the DownEast First and EMS conference.

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Introducing Paul Biddle, CEM-ME. Paul is a Maine-based emergency management and preparedness professional with more than five decades of experience spanning military, law enforcement, and international crisis operations. A former British Army Parachute Regiment NCO and graduate of the UK Defence College (Counterinsurgency) and holds NATO Joint Operations planning qualifications.

He served in senior security, counterterrorism and operational roles within the UK Home Office/Ministry of Justice and deployed globally on security stabilization missions with the UK Foreign Office, including multiple tours to Iraq, Afghanistan, and in the Ukraine (2014-5), as well as supporting counter-ISIS operations in Iraq and the Kurdistan Region.

Paul currently serves as Training and Consultancy Lead with Dirigo Readiness Group based in Wells and supports Waldo County Emergency Management, working alongside fire, EMS, and law enforcement partners to strengthen operational readiness through tactical medical, CBRN-E, and incident management training. He holds instructor qualifications with NAEMT, FEMA, New Mexico Tech, EMRTC First Responder Training programs, and IADLEST and is a graduate of the George Washington University CBRN-E program and the Center for Domestic Preparedness Counterterrorism Operations Support (CTOS) program. Paul brings practical, field-tested insight to help responders prepare for high-risk, low-frequency events.

Paul was awarded the Order of the British Empire (MBE) by the late Queen Elizabeth in 2002 and more recently was the recipient of the 2025 service award by Maine Association of Local Emergency Managers, he is now a proud US citizen

This session examines the overlooked gap between awareness and action — the failure of belief — and how it undermines emergency response planning and exercise design. Drawing on real-world incidents, after-action reports, and professional experience across emergency management and public safety, the presentation explores how organizations acknowledge risk intellectually while resisting its operational implications.

Participants will be challenged to reconsider how plans are written, how exercises are designed, and how leadership engagement is structured. The session introduces a belief-focused framework for planning and exercising that exposes hidden assumptions, forces meaningful decision-making, and transforms exercises from confidence-building events into catalysts for real preparedness.

This briefing is designed to provoke reflection, drive executive buy-in, and reframe how organizations prepare for high-impact, low-frequency events.

03/02/2026

We have 6 seats left for the upcoming TECC course. Head over to our website to sign up. www.dirigoready.com

02/15/2026

DRG trains first responders and professionals with real standards, real feedback, and zero ego in various real world conditions.

Every clime, every place.

TCCC in cold weather (-10° with windchill and at least 6 inches of snow on the ground) adds many facets into training not just, the obvious, hypothermia management. Patient movement, mobility and responder are all affected or limited.

Our instructors and training staff are professionals with real world experiences conducting military and civilian medical special operations and training at the State, local, federal level as well as internationally.

Train with real professionals.
Train to be Dirigo Ready.
Experience the Dirigoready experience


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We are an authorized NAEMT training center and recognized by the Committee of Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (C-TECC). We offer the full-suite of NAEMT courses and specialize in Tactical Combat Casualty Care ( ) and Tactical Emergency Casualty Care courses. We also offer specialty courses such as 40-hour Tactical EMS provider; TECC-CBRNE/HazMat; Wilderness Medicine, IED recognition for first responders; and diving medicine continuing education.

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02/14/2026

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Be part of a dynamic team trainers, educators and SimTechs in preparing . Always ready.

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11/12/2025

November 2025.

Honoring the service and sacrifice of servicemembers, veterans and their families.


Dirigo Readiness Group as a service disabled veteran owned small business (SDVOSB) and 100% veteran owned small business (VOS ) remains committed to supporting servicemembers (active, reserve and guardsmen) in their medical readiness training requirements and education as well as provide transition opportunities for veterans and their families in public safety, emergency management fields and EMS education.

Being means we are here to continue to serve and stand ready to support the mission.

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11/11/2025

Today we honor the service and sacrifice of veterans, servicemembers and their families.

10/29/2025

Dirigo Readiness Group LLC Tier 3/TCCC CMC

10/28/2025

Today, we honor you.

To every first responder:
Thank you for your service.
Thank you for your sacrifice.
Thank you to your families.
Thank you for keeping our community safe.

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10/28/2025

• On National First Responders Day, our hearts go out in thanks to all the brave men and women who serve as first responders. While your work is intense, it is always done with kindness, skill, and deep humanity. Thank you for being the calm presence and the steady hands we rely on in our moments of greatest need. We appreciate you and, as always, please be safe.

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10/20/2025

Experience.
Dirigo Ready

Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) Course

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(on instagram) is a service disabled veteran & first responder owned small business training/consulting.

We are an authorized training center and recognized by the Committee of Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (C-TECC). We offer the full-suite of NAEMT courses and specialize in Tactical Combat Casualty Care ( ) and Tactical Emergency Casualty Care ( ) courses. We also offer specialty courses such as 40-hour provider; TECC-CBRNE/HazMat; IED recognition for first responders; and diving medicine continuing education.

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10/15/2025

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Dirigo Ready

Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (TECC) courses


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(on instagram) is a service disabled veteran & first responder owned small business training/consulting.

We are an authorized training center and recognized by the Committee of Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (C-TECC). We offer the full-suite of NAEMT courses and specialize in Tactical Combat Casualty Care ( ) and Tactical Emergency Casualty Care ( ) courses. We also offer specialty courses such as 40-hour provider; TECC-CBRNE/HazMat; IED recognition for first responders; and diving medicine continuing education.

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