CFBT-US Clients

Domestic Clients

Oregon Fire Instructors Association

CFBT-US delivered a CFBT Level I course as part of the 2008 OFIA Firefighter Safety Symposium in Salem, OR. CFBT-US also presented a workshop on Extreme Fire Behavior at the 2009 Symposium.

CFBT Level I
2007 OFIA Symposium

Northwest Association of Fire Trainers (NAFT)

CFBT-US delivers open-enrollment CFBT Level I and CFBT Instructor courses through NAFT. In addition, CFBT-US delivered a one-day seminar on fire development and extreme fire behavior as part of the NAFT Fire Officer II academy in 2008 and 2009. Visit the NAFT Website to register for NAFT sponsored classes.

Fire Training Structures, LLC

CFBT-US provides training to departments and agencies who purchase container based live fire training props from Fire Training Structures, LLC. This collaborative relationship between CFBT-US and Fire Training Structures provides fire departments and fire training agencies with high quality props and training that integrates orientation on safe and effective live fire training with CFBT Level I or CFBT Instructor training programs.

Flaherty Fire Department Flaherty, KY	Mooresville Fire Department Mooresville, NC	Calabash Fire Department Calabash, NC
Brownwood Fire Department Brownwood, TX	Palm Beach County Fire-Rescue West Palm Beach, FL	Baker City Fire Department Baker City, OR

Newport News Fire Department

Chief Ken Jones, who had attend the 12-Minutes on the Fireground at the 2007 International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) conference in Dallas, TX contracted with CFBT-US to deliver this training program to all Newport News Fire Department company and chief officers.

International Clients

Cuerpo General de Bomberos Voluntarios Del Perú

CFBT-US Chief Instructor Ed Hartin delivered a presentation on Practical Fire Dynamics and 3D Firefigting at el Primer Congreso Internacional de Emergencias - La Primera Respuesta in Lima, Peru.

British Columbia Training Officers Association

CFBT-US Chief Instructor Ed Hartin delivered two presentations of 12-Minutes on the Fireground at the association's annual conference in Maple Ridge, BC on May 26, 2009. This presentation examined extreme fire behavior using three firefighter line-of-duty death case studies.

Institution of Fire Engineers-Australia

CFBT-US Chief Instructor Ed Hartin delivered presentations titled How Much Science is Necessary: Training and Educating Firefighters in the 21st Century, Extreme Fire Behavior: Understanding the Hazard at the 2009 International Firefighting Safety Conference held in Sydney, Australia on April 29 through May 1 and Perth, Australia on May 4-5, 2009.

South Alberta Firefighters Conference

CFBT-US Chief Instructor Ed Hartin and Instructor Trainer Matt Leech deliveredCFBT Level I as a pre-conference workshop at the 2008 Annual Conference in Lethbridge, Alberta on October 23-24, 2008. CFBT-US Chief Instructor Ed Hartin also presented seminars on Extreme Fire Behavior and Reading the Fire, as well as a lunchon keynote examining the influence of firefighters perspectives on fire and firefighting on October 25, 2008 as part of the main conference program.

CFBT Level I
Alberta, Canada

Vatrogasna zajednica Primorsko-goranske zupanije Rijeka

CFBT-US collaborated with colleages from the Rijeka Fire Department to deliver CFBT Level I and CFBT Instructor courses in Klana, Croatia in April 2008. Participants included firefighters and fire officers from the Rijeka and Opatia Fire Departments. CFBT-US Chief Instructor Ed Hartin also presented papers on Extreme Fire Behavior and Ventilation Strategies at the 4th Annual Professional Firefighters Symposium held in Opatia, Croatia on 14-15 April 2008.

CFBT Level I
Klana, Croatia

CFBT Instructor
Klana, Croatia

Australia and International Training Insitute (AITI)

From 2004 through 2007, CFBT-US worked with the AITI to deliver CFBT Instructor and Tactical Ventilation Instructor training programs for Jabatan Bomba Dan Penyelamat Malaysia. Training programs were delivered at at the Country Fire Authority Training Facility in Brukunga, South Australia in 2004 and at the Bomba Dan Penyelamat Akademi in Kuala Kubu Bahru (KKB), Sengalor, Malysia in 2005-2007.

CFBT-TV Instructor 2004
Brukunga, South Australia

CFBT-TV Instructor 2005
KKB Malaysia

CFBT-TV Instructor 2007
KKB Malaysia Video!

Edmonton Fire Department

CFBT-US Chief Instructor Ed Hartin delivered a series of seminars for the Fire Department in Edmonton, Canada focused on understanding the hazards presented by extreme fire behavior and how 3D Firefighting concepts can help manage the risk presented by rapid fire progression.

Böblingen Feuerwehr

CFBT-US Chief Instructor Ed Hartin presented a paper on Ventilation Strategies at Brandbekämpfungsseminar 2007 held in Böblingen, Germany.

Valdivia Fire Department

CFBT-US collaborated with colleages from the Valdivia, Fire Department to deliver CFBT Level I in Valdivia, Chile. Following the CFBT Level I course, CFBT-US Chief Instructor Ed Hartin delivered a seminar on Firefighting Strategies, Tactics, and Command. Participants included firefighters and fire officers from the Valdivida and Conception Fire Departments.

CFBT Level I
Valdivida, Chile Video!

CFBT Level I
Valdivida, Chile

Training Resources and Data Exchange (TRADE) Region X

CFBT-US Chief Instructor Ed Hartin delivered The Chief's Responsibility for Live Fire Training at the 2008 TRADE Region X conference held in Vancouver, WA.

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