ALTAMONT — Brian Wood says he eats, sleeps, and breathes safety and security.
“There is evil in this world. We can’t change it,” he says, so he puts in place preventive measures. That includes training people to use metal detectors at the Altamont Fair and for the first time using hostile vehicle mitigation barriers at the fair’s center entrance.
Wood has been a volunteer firefighter since his youth and has worked for the Albany County Sheriff’s Office for 30 years. His title is commander in charge of the office’s critical incident and emergency management unit…