Dan Shaw is a Deputy Fire Chief for the Fairfax County Fire & Rescue Department in Northern Virginia and 29-year veteran of the fire service. He is a national fire educator who has instructed at FDIC since 2009.

Chief Shaw is a Vice President of Traditions Training, teaching all over the United States on fire service topics and leadership. He has been published in Fire Engineering magazine, is a regular contributor to the monthly Fire Engineering Google Hangout, and in 2013 co-authored the incredibly important book: 25 to Survive: Reducing Residential Injury and Line-of-duty Deaths with Captain Doug Mitchell.