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Profile Information
- Department:
- IL Fire Svc Institute/Northbrook FD Tech Rescue/DHS-FEMA IN-TF1 US&R, IST-Alt/IL-TF1 US&R
- Title/rank:
- Field Instructor / Structures Specialist
- Years of public service:
- 17
- Agency structure:
- other
- Professional Qualifications:
- See bio
- Topics you provide training for:
- Collapse Rescue, Urban Search & Rescue
- Areas of expertise:
- Building construction, Building Collapse, Shoring
- Bio:
- Scott G. Nacheman is a Senior Associate in the Chicago, IL office of the investigations division of the engineering firm Thornton Tomasetti. He serves as a Structures Specialist with US&R IL-TF1 as well as DHS/FEMA IN-TF1 and is a US&R IST Alternate. He is a Field Instructor for the Illinois Fire Service Institute and an on-call responder for the Northbrook (IL) Fire Department Technical Rescue Team. He is a member of several NFPA, SFPE and other national and state level technical committees. He has over 15 years experience in the fire service, having served as a firefighter,
officer and instructor. He received Masters degrees in Architecture and Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
- Web site:
- http://www.fsi.uiuc.edu
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