Del Mar College

Faculty & Staff

PROGRAM DIRECTOR

Walter H. Thieme III
Director/Assistant Professor, Fire Science
AAS, San Antonio College; BAAS, Southwest Texas State University

“Chief” Walter Thieme is the founding Director of the Del Mar College Regional Fire Academy.

Chief Thieme retired from the Seguin Fire Department as Training Officer after twenty-one years of service as a firefighter and Paramedic. He has also served as Fire Inspector in Schertz; President of the Guadalupe Fireman’s and Fire Marshall’s Association; Adjunct Faculty at the San Antonio College Regional Fire Academy; and Guest Instructor at the Texas Fire Training School.

Chief Thieme holds current certification from the Texas Commission on Fire Protection as:
Master Firefighter
Fire Inspector
Driver-Operator
Level III Fire Instructor

wthieme@delmar.edu
361-698-1760
Public Safety Complex, Room PS1-135

ADJUNCT FACULTY

Douglas Matthijetz
Adjunct Instructor, Fire Science
AAS, Del Mar College
Captain,Corpus Christi Fire Department

Joe McQuary
Adjunct Instructor, Fire Science
AAS, Del Mar College
Firefighter II, Corpus Christi Fire Department

Ricardo Quintero
Adjunct Instructor, Fire Science
AAS, Del Mar College
Battalion Chief, Corpus Christi Fire Department

Joe Roth
Adjunct Instructor, Fire Science
AAS, Del Mar College, BS Texas A&M—Corpus Christi, MS Texas A&M-Kingsville
Captain, Corpus Christi Fire Department

SKILLS TRAINERS

Richard Bassett
Skills Trainer, Fire Science
Firefighter II, Corpus Christi Fire Department

Michael Clack
Skills Trainer, Fire Science
Chief, Annaville Fire Department

Jeffery Knotts
Skills Trainer, Fire Science
Firefighter II, Corpus Christi Fire Department

Michael Pinkerton
Skills Trainer, Fire Science
Captain, Corpus Christi Fire Department

Michael Schmidt
Skills Trainer, Fire Science
Battalion Chief, Corpus Christi Fire Department

Mikal Stuive
Skills Trainer, Fire Science
Firefighter II, Corpus Christi Fire Department

Department of Public Safety