National Fire Protection Association

University of Illinois Fire Service Institute

Brian Brauer works as the Associate Director for Infrastructure and Special Projects at the Illinois Fire Service Institute, the statutory state fire academy. He has 25 years of experience as a fire officer, paramedic, and ER Nurse....

Brian Lukus

Denver (CO) Fire Department

Brian Lukus P.E . is a licensed fire protection engineer with the Denver (CO) Fire Department, Fire Prevention Division. He has been involved with marijuana industry fire regulations since its 2010 decimalization in Denver including recent participation on the NFPA 1 marijuana task group. He has a master of science degree in fire protection engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute....

Brian Meacham

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Brian Meacham is an Associate Professor in Fire Protection Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, where he focuses on issues of building fire safety performance and risk-informed performance-based design and regulation....

Bridget Steele Mourao

Emory University

Director Bridget Steele Mourao is a State of Georgia Certified Educator with over 20 years experience in fire and life safety. She began her career as a firefighter and is now the Emory University dir...

Bruce Clarke

AIG

Bruce Clarke is currently the Head of Global Property Engineering Training for AIG conducting both internal and external loss prevention training including NFPA standards use and assessments globally....

Caecilia Blondiaux

CMS

Caecilia Blondiaux (Cece) joined CMS in May 2014 and currently serves as the SCG lead for coordination of policy development and regulations in support of the Director, Deputy Director and the Division of Nursing Homes, Division of Continuing Care Providers, Division of Acute Care Services, and the Division of Laboratory Services....

Casey Grant

Fire Protection Research Foundation

Casey Grant is Executive Director for the Fire Protection Research Foundation, the research affiliate of the NFPA. He holds a Bachelor's degree from the University of Maryland and a Master's degree from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, both in Fire Protection Engineering, and he is a Registered Professional Engineer in the states of California and Tennessee....

Cassio Armani

Sao Paulo State Fire Dept

Cassio Armani, colonel and Fire Chief at São Paulo State Fire Department, Brazil, is a fire officer and a safety engineer....

Chad Beebe

ASHE

Chad E. Beebe, AIA, SASHE, is a registered architect, a Certified Fire Protection Specialist, a Certified Healthcare Facility Manager, and a Certified Building Official. He is Deputy Executive Director for advocacy for the American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE) of the American Hospital Association....

Charles Cowles

MD Anderson Cancer Center

Charles E. Cowles, Jr., MD, MBA is an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX. His educational background includes medical school and residency at the University of Texas Medical School in Houston and an MBA from the University of Tennessee....


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