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Lives in:: Cheyenne

Department:: Laramie County Fire District #2

Title/rank:: Fire Chief

Years of public service:: 18

Agency structure:: Combination fire department

Top issues in your department:: Continued growth and creating infrastructure to support our members and community.

Professional Qualifications:: FF1, FF2,EMT-b,HazMat Tech, Rope RescueTech, Trench Rescue Tech, BS Fire Science, Blue Card Command Instructor,

Topics you provide training for:: Leadership, Cultural Change
Tactical Decision making
Modern Fire Behavior
Applying the Science To the Streets

Areas of expertise:: Fire Dynamics
Leadership
Tactical Decision Making

Bio:: Jason Caughey
Jason is the Fire Chief of Laramie County Fire District #2 in Cheyenne Wyoming and an Adjunct Professor for Laramie County Community College where he teaches a semester course “The principles of fire behavior”. Prior to arriving in Cheyenne in 2011 he was the Fire Chief of Gore Hill Fire Rescue in Great Falls Montana. In addition, he spent 10 years working for the Montana Fire Services Training School as a regional instructor and regional training manager for the state of Montana.
His fire behavior journey began in 2001 when he was introduced to the English fire service through Jim Mastin and John Taylor (Author of Smoke Burns). These introductions to the English fire service spurred a curiosity and eventually lead to chief Caughey traveling to Manchester England to participate in the English Fire training system.
Chief Caughey has been an active member in the "Kill the Flashover" project lead by Joe Starnes. He is also a current technical member of the Underwriters laboratory Positive Pressure test committee. Chief Caughey has an Associates of Applied Science Degree in Fire Science from Columbia University and will graduate in November with a Bachelor’s degree in Fire Science. In addition, Chief Caughey has served on the IFSTA technical committee for the CHIEFS officer manual and a technical reviewer for Jones and Bartlett Rope Rescue and Trench Rescue training manuals. Chief Caughey is also a technical writer for ISFSI and been published by Fire Chief Magazine.

Web site:: http://www.lcfd2.net/

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