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Tim Campbell 
An EMS Tour Chief in Hudson County, NJ and 30 year veteran of emergency services,Tim previously worked with the District of Columbia Fire/EMS and with NYC-EMS as a paramedic. He was on the first Medic Unit to arrive at the 1993 World Trade Center bombing for which he was honored with the Medal of Excellence. Tim is certified as a Fire Instructor II and teach at George Washington University, Texas A&M (TEEX) and with US Departmentof Homeland Security. He is a NREMT-P and holds certifications a HAZ/MAT Specialist, WMD Technician.
Chris Conroy
Chris is a Lieutenant with Montgomery Co. (MD) Fire and Rescue with 30 years of combined fire service experience. A Hazmat Technician since 1995, he is an operator and instructor of the Hapsite Gas Chromatograph / Mass Spectrometer.  He was President and founder of Fire Protection Today, Inc. a fire protection consulting firm specializing in the Inspection and testing of fire protection systems. An independent Consultant since 2001, he has assisted fire protection engineering firms and has provided testimony as an expert witness.  A US military veteran, Chris served as a firefighter in the Air Force.
Jim Stedman
Chief Stedman retired from the Chicago Fire Dept. in 2006, after a 30 year career.   He worked in busy areas on the city’s west side, lower east side tenement and high rise district, and ultimately in the 1st Battalion in the downtown area.  He trained newly promoted Lieutenants, Captains, and Battalion Chiefs in strategy & tactics, incident command, human resource management, ISO (State of Illinois Certificate), fire service instructing, and other officer development criteria.  Jim is currently a professor at Columbia Southern University (Fire Service Admin); Lewis University (Fire Service Admin - undergrad) and (Public Safety graduate program); Governors State University (Public Administration graduate program).
Christopher Naum, SFPE
A 34-year fire service veteran he is the Chief of Training for the Command Institute, Washington, DC. An internationally recognized authority on building construction and firefighter safety, he is an Adjunct Instructor with the National Fire Academy, and a member of the Board of Directors, IAFC Safety, Health & Survival Section, the Open Fire Academy International and the ISFSI. A former architect and fire protection engineer, he was the 1987 ISFSI George D. Post National Fire Instructor of the Year. He authors the periodic column on Firehouse.com entitled Structural Anatomy focusing on building construction, command management and firefighter safety and also advocates and writes extensively within various fire service internet training forums and groups including Fire Engineering, FireRescue1 and Firefighter Nation where he authors The Command Safety and Building Construction & Firefighter Safety Groups. He is the Second Vice President with the International Society of Fire Service Instructors [ISFSI] and a Contributing Editor with Firehouse Magazine and Firehouse.com. He continues to present his popular structural anatomy building construction & firefighter safety training series throughout the United States and internationally and is the developer of the informational portal www.buildingsonfire.com dedicated to building construction, command risk management and firefighter safety, launching in  2009. He is presently authoring a new text book integrating building construction, risk management and firefighter safety. 
Pat Pauly
A 39 year veteran of the fire service, Pat has been employed as a resident instructor at the Pennsylvania State Fire Academy since 1988 where he supervises 80 adjunct instructors. He is a nationally certified Firefighter III, Fire Officer II, Fire Instructor II,  and EMT. He has served as a chief officer in the Lewistown (PA) FD.  He is the Fire Chief at the West Granville Fire Company in Lewistown, PA.
Jim Dugan
A 28 year veteran of the District of Columbia Fire and EMS Department,  Jim is a Battalion Chief responsible for coordinating NIMS with DCFD. Jim has extensive engine and truck experience with some of DC's busiest companies. Jim also did a stint in DC's Safety Office. He also serves on the National Capital Region Incident Management Team.

 
Steve Schellenberg
A third generation firefighter with the Washington DC Fire Department, Steve served for over 28 years before recently retiring as a  Battalion Fire Chief from the 6th Battalion. 

With 15 years of  Engine Company experience at the ranks of private, technician and Lieutenant, five years of Truck Company experience at the ranks of Lieutenant and Captain and a year of experience in the Rescue Squad at the rank of Sergeant.  His final assignment was for 3 years as a Battalion Fire Chief. He is a level II Instructor having served as an adjunct instructor to the Training Division. Steve chaired the Department’s Truck Company SOP’s committee and co-authored the Positive Pressure  Ventilation procedures for DCFD.
 
 
Ed McGrady
Ed McGrady served as a Fire Captain in New Jersey's third largest city,  Paterson, NJ. He worked in the city's busiest engine company, Engine 5, during the burning late 80's and early  '90's.  Upon his promotion to Captain he worked as a floating Captain working at the Rescue, Ladder and Engine Companies until being permanetly assigned to an Engine Company. Captain McGrady, a NJ state certified instructor, he was awarded the Medal of Valor on June 25, 1995 for a rescue while assigned to Ladder Company as a acting Captain. Prior to that he received a commendation on Jan 31, 991 for a fire with a LOD death for meritorious work.