LaFarge Fire Department

Chief Stittleburg has served as the volunteer fire chief for many years. He has served as the Chairman of the National Volunteer Fire Council and as Chairman of the Board of the National Fire Protection Association....

FM Global

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Praveen Kamath is a Post Doctoral Fellow in the Department of Fire Protection Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts. Praveen holds a Ph.D in Structural Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, with an emphasis on Structural Fire Engineering....

Brandeis University

Rachel Madsen, MA, Research Consultant and PhD Candidate, Brandeis University, is a professional researcher in social and public policy-related fields. Since January 2015, she has worked with the NFPA on a mixed methods study of local fire departments' wildfire preparedness and readiness capabilities....

Molina Healthcare, Inc.

Ralph Davis is the Manager, Emergency Management for Molina Healthcare and provides guidance to the organization to develop Incident Management Teams and use ICS to respond to incidents that disrupt business functions....

UL

Randy Ivans is a program / project manager in the wire and cable area. He is part of a team responsible for the development, implementation and maintenance of various UL programs including the “LP” rating program for powering over LAN cable, the Power over HDBaseT Cable certification program, and the certification of active optical cable assemblies....

Tucker Consulting Associates

Randy Tucker has over 40 years of fire protection engineering consulting experience on projects in over 60 countries around the world. He is the principal owner of Tucker Consulting Associates; they provide fire protection engineering, building code, and fire code consulting services....

Tyco Fire Protection Products

Ray Decker, Technical Trainer for Tyco Fire Protection Products

ARUP

Ray Grill, P.E., FSFPE, LEED AP, is a Principal of Arup and the leader of Arup’s fire engineering practice in the Americas. He is licensed as a fire protection and mechanical engineer in several states and has over thirty-seven years’ experience in fire protection engineering....

The Zurich Services Corporation

Richard Gallagher is “Line of Business Director - Property” for The Zurich Services Corporation Risk Engineering department, where his primary responsibilities include development of technical knowledge, policies, and procedures for the property line of business....