Chief of Training
Command Institute-Center for Fireground Leadership (USA)
Liverpool, New York
A 47-year fire service veteran and a highly regarded national and international instructor, author, lecturer and fire officer, he is a distinguished authority on building sciences and architectural construction issues affecting fireground operations, command and tactics and has traveled extensively throughout the United States and internationally delivering training programs on building performance, construction and firefighting, fireground leadership, command management and operational safety. A former Adjunct Instructor with the National Fire Academy and National Fallen Firefighter (NFFF) Firefighter Safety Advocate, he is a past member of the Board of Directors, IAFC Safety, Health & Survival Section and a past Vice-President with the International Society of Fire Service Instructors. He serves on the Faculty of the, IAFC Officer Development Program ODP-COLS, Kean University (NJ) New Jersey Division of Fire Safety Training Programs and Massachusetts Fire Academy’s Dept. of Fire Services Sr. Fire Officer Forum as a visiting lecturer. A former architect and fire protection engineer, he was the 1987 ISFSI George D. Post National Fire Instructor of the Year.
He is the Chief of Training for the Command Institute (NY&DC) is a Technical Consultant and Subject Matter Expert to NIOSH (USA) Firefighter Fatality Investigation & Prevention Program and a well-respected Fire Protection, Management and Operations Consultant, researching and developing emerging and cutting edge strategic and tactical operational methodologies, concepts and practices based on fire research to improved fireground operations and firefighter safety and is active in numerous national & international fire service agenda programs and committees. He is the Executive Producer of Buildingsonfire.com, FiregroundLeadership.com and ReadingtheBuilding.com and is a frequent contributor to on-line podcasting, webinars and multimedia content. His previously service included Fire Command, Fire Protection & Safety at a US nuclear power plant, over twenty years in field operations & suppression as a commanding company officer in New York and Training & Fire Academy and College academic curricula administration and management.
He has been lecturing nationally for over 37 years, including lecturing at the National Fire Academy, FDIC since 1986, Firehouse Expo since 1988 and Firehouse World and IAFC Fire-Rescue International. He has over twenty years of extensive direct experience in Behavioral Based Safety Program management, Human Performance (HU), Operating Experience within the High Risk-High Consequence Nuclear Generating industry. He is a member of the Board of Directors for the National Fire Academy Alumni Association and serves on the NAPSG i-Axis Working Group as a SME on Building Construction Sciences, Design and Alignment for Fire Services, pre-inicdent planning, building intel (BIM) and critial builidng information interface technologies. He is a consultant to a number of technology organizations on integration on Building Intell and Dynamic Incident Building Intellegence.
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Thursday, August 25, 2022
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM