Ed Hartin, MS, EFO, FIFireE, CFO retired as fire chief with East County Fire and Rescue in Camas, Washington after an over 50-year fire service career serving with urban, suburban and rural fire and rescue agencies on the east and west coasts. Ed has international training and consulting practice since 2006 and has delivered fire dynamics and command training in Europe, Asia, South America, North America, and Australasia. He is co-author of 3D Firefighting and has authored numerous articles for fire service trade publications in the United States and Europe. Ed has undergraduate degrees in fire protection technology and fire service administration and a master’s degree in postsecondary, adult, and continuing education. He holds the Chief Fire Officer designation from the Commission on Professional Credentialing and is a Fellow of the Institution of Fire Engineers and is a past-president of the USA Branch. Ed served as a member on several Underwriter Laboratories (UL FSRI) technical panels and as a UL FSRI Advisory Board for 11 years and now serves as an Emeritus member of the board. Since 2017, Ed has also developed over 500 tactical decision games to provide ICs with deliberate practice to build competence.

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