Matthew Tobia is a Battalion Chief with the Anne Arundel County Fire Department in suburban Baltimore, MD. With more than 18 years of experience, Battalion Chief Tobia holds a B.S. from the University of Maryland and is a nationally certified Fire Officer III and Instructor II. He teaches extensively throughout the United States and is an adjunct instructor at the Pennsylvania State Fire Academy. He has served on curriculum development teams in Maryland and Pennsylvania.

Jason Walters Jason is a PA State Fire Instructor and PA Department of Health vehicle rescue instructor. Since 2000, he has been employed as a firefighter with Hilton Head Island Fire Rescue Department in Hilton Head, SC.  He is a heavy rescue tech, hazmat tech, dive tech with HHIFRD heavily involved with the training division on program development and delivery. He is a SCFA instructor, the Rescue Group Manager with SC-TF1.

Glen McGuire
Glen McGuire began his career in the fire service in January of 1982. After spending several years with the Half Moon Bay Fire Protection District, Calif., he was hired by the San Jose FD, currently serving as a captain on E2 located in San Jose’s busy East side. Glen has his Level 1 instructors certificate, A.S. degree in fire science, and State Fire Officers Certificate. He teaches many subjects, both in the SJFD and county academies, but specializes in the areas of forcible entry and firefighter survival.
 

Charles Bailey Charles Bailey is a career fire captain in Montgomery County, Md., with 16 years on the job. Capt. Bailey is currently assigned to Station 15, an area rich in bedroom communities, garden apartments and strip malls. In his spare time, he is an active member of the Branchville Volunteer Fire Company in Prince Georges County, Md., where he has served as deputy chief for nearly eight years. He has a masters degree in public administration and runs www.TinHelmet.com, a fire-related website.

Rick Talbert Rick worked for the City of Titusville for seven years and served as a Battalion Commander, Training Commander, and Operations Chief, and  served as fire chief. A 25 year veteran of the fire service, he began his career with the City of Ocala, FL. He moved to Brevard County in 1987 taking a position with the Kennedy Space Center as their training officer and eventually Operations chief supporting 26 shuttle missions.

He holds an Associates Degree from Brevard Community College in Fire Science Technology, is currently enrolled in the National Fire Academy's Executive Fire Officer program and a graduate of the University of Maryland's Staff and Command Program. Rick is currently serves on the Florida Fire Chiefs’ Association Board of Directors as the East Central Florida Director. He is Past President of the Florida Society of Fire Service Instructors and is actively involved in the Florida Fire Chiefs’ Association’s statewide Emergency Response Committee as Region 5 Coordinator. He currently is the Fire Chief in South Walton Fire District, FL.