"Coach" Dale Hutson began his career in the fire service in 1983. He was promoted to Engineer in 1988 and decided to begin working full time with his county government's Department of Public Safety Fitness Unit as a Fitness Specialist in 1990. In 1991 Dale was certified as a Health and Fitness Instructor by the American College of Sports Medicine and for the last nine years he has served as the Fitness Coordinator for a large metro Atlanta county. In this role he oversees fitness testing for all fire department recruits and conducts all pre-hire physical ability testing for the fire department. During his career he has administered over 15,000 fitness evaluations for Public Safety personnel and other employees, trained over 500 fire recruits, and adminstered approximately 2000 physical abilities tests for incumbents, for validation, and for pre-employment.