SSI- Security Solutions International, the fastest growing Homeland Security training and product company, has confirmed that Mr. Joseph R. Tavitas has been appointed a national representative of its products and services to Law Enforcement nationwide.

(PRWeb) January 14, 2007 -- Mr. Tavitas is currently working for the Chicago Fire Department as Commander of the busiest ambulance district in the Nation. Joe's experience with Homeland Security is very personal. After 9/11 Joe and his search and rescue/ recovery dog Bigfoot flew out and volunteered in the huge rescue effort at Ground Zero. "We are proud to be working with Mr. Tavitas and Joe is joining an upstanding group of Representatives that all have one thing in common - they want to protect America against further attacks. That is what SSI does; whether its our training for SWAT teams, our training for Emergency Responders or select products that could make the US safer. We welcome Joe to our family of committed representatives," says SSI CEO Sol Bradman.

Mr. Tavitas joins a group that will eventually number more than 50 State and Nationwide representatives that form a vanguard of counter terror experts. Many of the State Reps have traveled to Israel with SSI and have come back with new ideas about how to protect the USA.

SSI has pioneered the Homeland Security Training business in many respects. Beginning just two years ago, the company has trained more than 400 different agencies in everything from detecting, preventing and responding to acts of Suicide Terror right up to highly tactical training for SWAT teams. The SSI product division represents some of the best known names in the Homeland Security business. As virtually the only private company providing these services, the company is in an extremely rapid growth phase as Homeland Security continues to grow in importance.

Mr. Tavitas has companies in the private sector: 9-11 K9 International and 9-11 U.S. Homeland Security Corp.

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