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Kevin Mochen
Kevin has 43 years of experience in the fire service. The majority of his career was as a Deputy Fire Chief of the Boston Fire Department and recently retired as Chief of Operations. His multifaceted career included training, planning, prevention and administration. He was the co-chairman of "Operations in the 21st Century". Chief Mochen attended Massachusetts Community College where he studied fire science. Among his other duties he was a member of several promotional boards for chief officers around the country and has served an an investigation for "Line of Duty" deaths. Since retiring he as served as a facilitator or emergency management exercises.
Demetrios (Jim) Vlassopoulos
Jim began his fire service career with the Springfield Township Volunteer Fire Company in Delaware Co., PA  in 1979.  He is a 22-year member of the Washington, D.C. Fire Department and has held the positions of firefighter, ladder truck driver technician, sergeant, lieutenant, and captain and Battalion Chief/  Jim is a member of the National Capital Region Type III Incident Management Team where he is trained as a planning, logistics, and operations section chief.  He is a nationally certified Firefighter III, Fire Instructor II, and Fire Officer II.  Jim is currently the Deputy Fire Chief/Chief Information Officer.
Mike Drennan 
Mike is a 10 year in the FDNY. He has been assigned to L4 and  E54.  Mike is trained in SOC Rescue Operations (Trench Rescue, Confined Space, Rigging Operations). Prior work working at FDNY, Mike worked 9 years at NYPD. He is a Haz-Mat Level 1 Technician and is part of the Decon Task Force. Currently he is the chauffuer at Tower Ladder 131 in Brooklyn.
J.T. "Tweet " Brady
A 22 year veteran of the fire service Tweet is a Captain with Horry County (SC) Fire Rescue and Rescue Specialist with SC-TF1. Orginally from Schuylkill Co, PA, Tweet worked for the City of Lebanon (PA), City of Myrtle Beach (SC) FD.  He is a PA and SC Fire Instructor and NFPA Certified Firefighter III, Fire Officer I, Fire Instructor II.
Tony Tricarico
Tony recently retired as Captain at FDNY's Squad 252. He served as Captain at Ladder 101 and was chief in the Mt. Sinai FD on Long Island, NY. Captain "Trix" instructs throughout the country, is contributing editor to Firehouse Magazine and Firehouse.com
Dave Richards
Dave has over 35 years of fire service experience, holding chief officer positions for over the last 20 years.  A  Pennsylvania State Fire Training Instructor since 1980, he currently serves as a chief officer at the Pocono International Raceway's Fire and Rescue Department.
Brian P. Mayers
Brian is a fourth generation career firefighter with over 23 years experience in the fire service, the last sixteen of which have been with Anne Arundel County, MD, FD.  He is a Certified Fire Protection Specialist ing numerous national certifications.

The majority of his career has been spent in Special Operations which includes  Helicopter/Aviation Ops, Urban Search and Rescue, Confined Space Ops, Hazmat, and Incident Technical Safety Officer. He is currently a Fire/Explosives Investigator.

Sean O'Brien

Sean is assigned as a firefighter with FDNY Tower Ladder 131 in Brooklyn. His career in the fire service began in Old Bridge, NJ. Sean is trained in SOC Rescue Operations (Trench Rescue, Confined Space, Rigging Operations).

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