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Dena Ali is a captain with the Raleigh Fire Department in North Carolina. Prior to becoming a firefighter, she served five years as a police officer in North Carolina. She has a masters degree from the University of North Carolina Pembroke, where her research focused on firefighter suicide. Dena is the founder and director of the North Carolina Peer Support team. Dena shares her message internationally, including such outlets as Fire Engineering Magazine and at FDIC International. 

Jason Hoevelmann is the fire chief of the Florissant Valley Fire Protection District and a volunteer deputy chief/fire marshal with the Sullivan Fire Protection District in Sullivan, Missouri.

He is the author of No Exceptions Leadership and The New Company Officer. He has been a fire service instructor for 25 years and has a bachelor’s degree in Fire Service Administration from Eastern Oregon University. Jason is a member of the International Society of Fire Service Instructors and serves on the board of directors of the International Association of Fire Chiefs Fire-Life Safety Section and the Company Officer Section. He is also a contributor to Fire Engineering and Fire Rescue and shares his leadership message at fire departments and conferences throughout North America.

Learn more at EngineHouseTraining.com. 

Dan Kerrigan is the co-author of the best-selling book Firefighter Functional Fitness and Fire Chief of the Upper Providence Township Fire Department in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. He is a 35-year fire service veteran, certified peer fitness trainer, certified group fitness instructor, advocate for firefighter health and fitness, and international presenter on the topic.

He serves as an at-large director on the International Association of Fire Chiefs’ “Safety, Health, and Survival” section where he works regularly with national and international organizations on strategies to improve firefighter health and wellness. Dan is also an adjunct professor at several universities where he teaches fire service administration, leadership, strategic planning and emergency management courses at the graduate and undergraduate level.

Learn more at FirefighterFunctionalFitness.com.