Municipal fire protection consultant, specializing in community fire risk analysis, fire department master planning, fire department operations, apparatus, and fire department deployment studies.

Have developed fire department operational programs for rural, suburban and urban clients. Member of the New Jersey State Fire Training and Education Subcommittee of the State Fire Commission. Wrote the final project report of the New Jersey Planning Council for Fire Education and Training during their federal grant program studying the training network in New Jersey. Completed a study of the impact of the PEOSHA Respiratory Protection Standard for the New Jersey Division of Fire Safety. Participant – National Fire Police Summit.

Have taught management, leadership, budgeting, fire fighting, staffing & funding, team building, and communications seminars in the United States and Canada. Serve as a frequent keynote speaker at conferences and seminars in the U.S. and Canada. Periodically serve as an expert witness in fire-related court matters. Perform apparatus, as well as management studies.

Fire Department of the City of Newark, New Jersey

Commander of the Training Division for a 735-member metropolitan fire department. Responsible for all aspects of instructional delivery and training in fire department. Also served as Hazardous Materials Response Division Commander. Served as Commanding Officer in the First Battalion District. Formerly commanded the Fifth Battalion District in the suppression division. Served as Executive Officer for the Community Relations Division. Assisted in the design of a new fire training academy and a new downtown fire station.

Periodically acted as Deputy Chief and City-Wide Incident Commander, supervising 110-120 Fire Personnel. Periodically served as an Administrative Assistant to Fire Director Stanley J. Kossup. Conducted municipal research projects for inter-municipal consolidation studies. Acted in the capacity of Chief Fire Inspector in the Fire Prevention Division, as well as Battalion Chief in the 1st and 3rd Battalion Districts. Served as recruit training instructor and curriculum development coordinator in the Training Division and as back-up officer to the Safety and Hazardous Materials Chiefs. Served as a Special Project Officer in the Office of the Fire Chief. Conducted special post-fire investigation program.

Developed the database for a computer-assisted station relocation program. Developed department-wide MBO programmatic-objectives, as well as the departmental capital budget projections for 1991-1995, while assigned to the Planning Division. Supervised 20 fire inspectors and developed a new violations processing program for the Fire Prevention Division. Also conducted plan reviews and field approval inspections for major industrial, mercantile and institutional occupancies. Supervised up to 35 firefighters while serving as Battalion Chief and up to 140 firefighters as an Acting Deputy Chief in the Firefighting Division. Operated at a diverse range of firefighting incidents in residential, commercial, industrial occupancies. Received one unit, one educational and two personal commendations for lifesaving actions. Created high-rise firefighting training program for city.

Adelphia Fire Company, Adelphia, New Jersey

Served as the Fire Chief in 1991. Served as the Training Officer for the company, an active suburban volunteer unit from 1977-1990. Designed and implemented a company training program. Updated company personnel and training record systems. Help to deliver public education to the local school system. Currently serve as an Active Life Member, responding to emergencies district-wide Received Medal of Valor from Monmouth County for lifesaving actions taken in 1987. Received unit citation bar from Monmouth County for a team rescue at a firefighting operation in 2004 and a team well rescue in 2005. Public Relations Officer 1977-1987.

Freehold Regional High School Board of Education, Freehold, New Jersey. First president of the bus driver's union.

Ocean County College, Toms River, New Jersey

Planned, designed and implemented a community college fire science degree program from inception through state approval.  Taught courses in management, building codes, firefighting, hazardous materials and fire prevention.  Served as the first part-time Program Coordinator in college history.

Served as State Fire Marshal for the New Jersey Army National Guard.  Planned, developed, and implemented a three-tiered fire safety inspection program for all state and federal facilities used by the National Guard.  Acted as a consultant on matters of fire protection to the Adjutant General of New Jersey.  Awarded the Army Commendation Medal and the Army Achievement Medal for programmatic achievement in the field of military fire prevention and life safety.  Completed my military service in U.S. Army Reserve as Adjutant of the 1182nd Reinforcement Training Unit, at Kilmer Reserve Center in Edison.  Received the Meritorious Service Medal for outstanding service in that position. Retired from active service in the reserve in 1996. Served in the Inactive Army Reserve until 2007.

Adjutant General Corps Officer Basic Course
Completed over 300 hours of management, administration, leadership, and military specialty courses to prepare an officer for duty as an administrative staff officer.

Authored over 2,000 articles in such magazines as Firehouse, Fire Command, Fire Engineering, Fire Chief, Chief Fire Executive, Pennsylvania Fireman, Emergency Service News, First Responder News, The Voice, and American Fire Journal.

Published four texts for the International Society of Fire Service Instructors: Managing Fire Service Finances, Understanding Fire Behavior, and Strategic Planning for Fire Protection, and Tactics in Fire Service Management. Served as Co-author of the second edition of Management in the Fire Service, 2nd ed., an internationally recognized text, for the National Fire Protection Association. Published two new books in 2007: Living My Dream and Leadership a View From the Trenches. A management text published by Lyons Publishing Company in 2002, entitled, It’s All About Me. Firefighting Strategy and Tactics was published by the International Fire Service Training Association in December 1998.Management in the Fire Service, 3rd edition, was published by the NFPA in July of 1999. Management in the Fire Service, 4th edition was published in December 2007. Serve as Contributing Editor for Firehouse and Pennsylvania Fireman magazines. A former National Correspondent for the First Responder News Serve as a weekly featured front-page columnist for Firehouse.com. Contributing Editor for The International Fire Buyer -Great Britain.

Formerly served as President of ISFSI.  Past President of the New Jersey Chapter of the Society.  Former Treasurer and Board of Directors Member for the New Jersey Chapter.

Delivered the Keynote Address at the 1999 ISFSI Fall Conference. Served as a main program speaker at the 1979 Fire Department Instructors Conference (FDIC) in Memphis, Tennessee.  Conducted seminars and workshops at the 1980-1983 Memphis conferences. Served as a Main Program Speaker at the 1987, 1988, 1992, and 1993 conferences in Cincinnati.

Served as a workshop speaker at the FDIC on a wide range of topics from 1980 to 1997. Served as a Featured Program Speaker for 1997.   Workshop presenter for the FDIC 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, and 2008 in Indianapolis. Received the ISFSI Lifetime Achievement Award in 2003.

Named an Honorary Citizen of the Province of Nova Scotia for outstanding service to the Nova Scotia Firefighter’s School in Waverly, Nova Scotia,
Canada.

International Association of Fire Chiefs

Scholarship for professional and academic excellence