Michael Dubé was born and raised in Ontario, Canada. He has worked for 30+ years in various industries in the private and public sectors. From 1978 to 1990, Michael worked as a Second Nuclear Operator with Ontario Hydro (now Hydro One). From 1991 to 2008, Michael worked full time as a municipal structural firefighter with the City of Greater Sudbury, performed duties as an Infection Prevention Officer, Acting Captain, Incident Commander and Training Officer. He moved to the Office of The Ontario Fire Marshal in 2008 as a Program Specialist. Here he was a team member with the Emergency Preparedness and Response Unit (EPRU), providing assistance to municipalities and provincial teams (including OPP UCRT) for emergency response to various fires, disasters and Hazardous Materials responses. Michael has performed various Business Continuity Management revisions and Continuity of Operations functions for the OFM, advice and assistance on the provincial Critical Infrastructure Assurance Program, Radio Interoperability, and CBRNE program as part of the programs administered by the Ministry of Community Safety. He is a Certified Organizational Resilience Specialist with the International Consortium on Organizational Resilience.
Michael has written a book on personal resilience and emergency planning - Everyday Readiness Guidance (E.R.G.), published November 3, 2016.