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Chief Usdin is a nationally recognized fire chief. His firefighting career began on Long Island where he served as a company officer in the busy Massapequa FD and then as the first Fire Chief of the Lancaster Township FD in Pa. He owns Command Fire Apparatus, a Lancaster County business that has bought and sold used fire apparatus in Pa. for almost 37 years. Chief Usdin has been a student of Incident Command his entire career and ran the highly acclaimed nationwide Command School for many years. We are very excited to welcome Chief Usdin to our Regional Fire School this year. 

FULL DESCRITION COMING SOON!

Chief Usdin is a nationally recognized fire chief. His firefighting career began on Long Island where he served as a company officer in the busy Massapequa FD and then as the first Fire Chief of the Lancaster Township FD in Pa. He owns Command Fire Apparatus, a Lancaster County business that has bought and sold used fire apparatus in Pa. for almost 37 years. Chief Usdin has been a student of Incident Command his entire career and ran the highly acclaimed nationwide Command School for many years. We are very excited to welcome Chief Usdin to our Regional Fire School this year. 

Today’s fire service is an ever-changing profession. Recently, many studies have been done on firefighting tactics that are producing hard to swallow changes and catchy phrases like “hitting it hard from the yard.” and “beware of the flow path”. One must ask themselves “are we re-inventing the wheel or do we really need to better understand our trade.” This program will discuss today’s fireground and how we need to understand our enemy in order to achieve success. Modern building hazards and fire dynamics will be discussed as well tactical considerations such as search, VEIS, and ventilation. The importance of proper wearing of PPE and a discussion on the increase of maydays in the fire service will close out our presentation. An emphasis on “The 10 Minute Drill” will be promoted to better train today’s firefighter with a simplistic yet effective approach. This is a must attend program that will be valuable to all ranks from probie to chief of department.