Ed Hartin, MS. EFO, MIFireE, CFO is a Battalion Chief with Gresham Fire & Emergency Services in Gresham, Oregon and owner of CFBT-US, LLC, a training company specializing in compartment fire behavior training. Ed has 35 years of fire service operational and training experience serving with municipal fire departments, a state training agency, and the National Fire Academy. Ed has an Associate Degree in Fire Protection and Safety Technology, Bachelors Degree in Fire Service Administration, Masters Degree in Education, and is currently a Doctoral Candidate at Portland State University’s Graduate School of Education. Ed’s research involves study of factors that influence firefighters’ experiential learning about fire behavior.

Ed has traveled throughout the world studying firefighting best practices and has delivered training programs throughout the United States, as well as in Australia, Malaysia, Chile, Germany, Croatia, and Sweden Ed is one of the co-authors of 3D Firefighting: Training, Techniques, and Tactics published in 2005 by Fire Protection Publications. He also contributed chapters on fire behavior for the International Fire Service Training Association (IFSTA) Essentials of Firefighting (5^th ed.) and Fireground Support Operations (2^nd ed.). Ed has authored numerous articles for the web and print media including Firehouse.com, Crisis Response, and Fire-Rescue magazine. Contact Ed at ed.hartin@cfbt-us.com.

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