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- Residence.
- Syracuse, New York
- Department:
- Command Institute, Washington, DC
- Title/rank:
- Chief of Training
- Years of public service:
- 33 years
- Agency structure:
- other
- Professional Qualifications:
- Thirty-three years of national and international experience in fire protection, incident command management, training and field operations within the fire service. Former Architect, Fire Protection Engineer, College Fire Science Department Coordinator, company and command officer in both municipal and industrial fire service settings.
Adjunct Instructor, National Fire Academy, MD
Second Vice President, ISFSI
Board of Directors; IAFC, SH&S Section
Board of Directors; Open Fire Academy International (OFA)
Contributing Editor; Firehouse Magazine and Firehouse.com
Professional member grade; SFPE
- Topics you provide training for:
- Building Construction, Building Construction Systems for Command & Company Officers, Firefighter Safety & Survival, Command Risk Management, Integrated programs; Structural Anatomy™ Integrating the art and science of building construction, firefighting and command risk management. Strategic Command Risk Management, Safety Considerations during Combat Fire Engagement; Structural Anatomy™
Engineered Systems & Light Wieght Construction
Naturalistic Decision Making of Company & Command Officers
Building Construction Systems
Structural Anatomy™ Strategic Command Risk Management, Safety & Operational Concerns for Command and Company Officers
Five Star Command™ for Command and Company Officers
Structural Anatomy™ Building Construction the Company Officer and Battalion Chief
Structural Anatomy™ Building Construction for the Safety Officer
Coming Winter 2008; Dedicated web site on Building Construction & Firefighter Safety/ Command Risk Management; www.buildingsonfire.com
- Areas of expertise:
- Architecture, Building Construction; Design, Building Systems, Fire Behavior and Structural Collapse, Fire Protection Engineering, Command Risk Management, Strategic Decision-making and Tactical Command Safety, Firefighter Occupational Safety and Health, Collapse Rescue, Command and Operation-Urban Search and Rescue.
- Bio:
- Christopher J. Naum, SFPE is a 33-year fire service veteran and a former Fire Chief/Fire Protection & Safety Coordinator at a nuclear power plant in the Northeastern United States, where he managed site-wide fire protection & industrial safety and previously served as a commanding company officer for over twenty years in field operations with a volunteer fire department in Central New York. A nationally recognized authority on building construction, structural collapse and command management, he has traveled throughout the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom delivering training programs on building construction, command risk management and firefighter safety. He is the Chief of Training for the Command Institute, a Washington, DC based emergency management & training organization.
An Adjunct Instructor with the National Fire Academy, he specializes in training courses for Structural Collapse, Building Construction and Firefighter Safety & Health. A Contributing Editor with Firehouse Magazine since 1988 and Firehouse.com since 2002, he has authored numerous articles on building construction, firefighting operations, command, leadership and special technical rescue operations. He is the author of the monthly column "Structural Anatomy" at Firehouse.com focusing on building construction, command risk management and firefighter safety. He was the 1987 ISFSI George D. Post National Fire Instructor of the Year as presented by the International Society of Fire Service Instructors.
The Second Vice President with the International Society of Fire Service Instructors, he is an active supporter and participant of the NFFF, The Everyone Goes Home Initiatives and the Near Miss Reporting Systems. A member of the IAFC since 1987, he served over ten years as a charter member of the IAFC Urban Rescue Structural Collapse Committee and is a member of the SH&S Section and the VCOS. He serves on the Board of Directors with the International Association of Fire Chiefs, Safety, Health & Survival Section (IAFC SH&S) and on the Board of Directors of the Open Fire Academy International (OFA). He is authoring a new text book on Building Construction for the Fire Services integrating architecture & construction technology, command risk management and firefighter safety and continues to present his popular structural anatomy building construction training series throughout the United States and internationally.
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great to hear from you I have just been busier than a one legged paper hanger but you know that drill. I am coming to New Jersey and Vermont this week. We are in the final stages of picking the classes for FDIC. And I have a few speeches to give in the area hope you're well and I will talk to you soon brother
Bobby
I am glad to see you are still able to get the good word to those who want to learn and discuss ideas without the firehouse BS. Keep up the good work and I will see you around.
Great, up to date info. in your group. Hopefully I can add to all of the great discussion taking place. Thank you for all of your efforts and keep up the great work.
Scott
Thanks for the comments. I appreciate them.
Greg
Thanks for the reply. You can email me at davedfyfd@aol.com. I am slowly weening off AOL - have set up a new email at my new house: davedodson@q.com. Try both to make sure I get it. Hope things are going well with your projects....
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