Full Name
CHRISTOPHER J NAUM SFPE
Job Title
Chief of Training
Company
Command Institute-Center for Fireground Leadership (USA)
Speaker Bio
Chief of Training, the Command Institute, Center for Fireground Leadership; Technical Consultant/SME, NIOSH Firefighter Fatality Investigation Program, Fireground Command & Operations Consultant
A 48-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 the 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. He has been lecturing and instructing throughout the United States and internationally for over thirty-six years. 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 and over thirty years as a volunteer fire officer and is a Life Member.
He is the Chief of Training for the Command Institute and served as a Vice President with the International Society of Fire Service Instructors and a past member of the Board of Directors, IAFC Safety, Health & Survival Section. He was a 27 year Contributing Editor with Firehouse Magazine and Firehouse.com. A former architect and fire protection engineer he was the 1987 ISFSI George D. Post National Fire Instructor of the Year and is a Technical Consultant, Advisor and Subject Matter Expert in the areas of Building Construction, Building Performance, Fireground OPS and Safety to the NIOSH Firefighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program and Firefighter LODD Reports, contributing in-depth insights on building performance, structural compromise and collapse and operational recommendations to numerous line- of-duty death reports over the last fourteen years. He is highly recognized for his innovative training lecture series, integrating Building Construction Sciences and Fireground Operations taking the classroom onto urban city streets to fully examine and study the built environment with Building Reads and their direct relationship in fireground command, risks, tactics and safety.
He serves on the Faculty of the National Fire Academy, 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 frequent visiting lecturer. He is a Board member of the National Fire Academy Alumni Association-NFAAA and has been a contributing author, presenter, and podcast host on numerous fire service websites, publications, and conferences in the United States and Internationally
A 48-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 the 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. He has been lecturing and instructing throughout the United States and internationally for over thirty-six years. 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 and over thirty years as a volunteer fire officer and is a Life Member.
He is the Chief of Training for the Command Institute and served as a Vice President with the International Society of Fire Service Instructors and a past member of the Board of Directors, IAFC Safety, Health & Survival Section. He was a 27 year Contributing Editor with Firehouse Magazine and Firehouse.com. A former architect and fire protection engineer he was the 1987 ISFSI George D. Post National Fire Instructor of the Year and is a Technical Consultant, Advisor and Subject Matter Expert in the areas of Building Construction, Building Performance, Fireground OPS and Safety to the NIOSH Firefighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program and Firefighter LODD Reports, contributing in-depth insights on building performance, structural compromise and collapse and operational recommendations to numerous line- of-duty death reports over the last fourteen years. He is highly recognized for his innovative training lecture series, integrating Building Construction Sciences and Fireground Operations taking the classroom onto urban city streets to fully examine and study the built environment with Building Reads and their direct relationship in fireground command, risks, tactics and safety.
He serves on the Faculty of the National Fire Academy, 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 frequent visiting lecturer. He is a Board member of the National Fire Academy Alumni Association-NFAAA and has been a contributing author, presenter, and podcast host on numerous fire service websites, publications, and conferences in the United States and Internationally
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