Edward Hadfield

Ed Hadfield, has over 37 years of fire service experience, rising through the ranks from Firefighter to Fire Chief. He is a frequent speaker on leadership, sharing his experiences within the fire service and major teaching institutions throughout the United States. Ed is well known for the creation and instructional delivery of Command Officer Development Programs that have raised the bar of professionalism in today’s fire service ranks. He is also a recognized expert in: Incident Command Operations, Truck Company Operations, Firefighter Safety and Survivability, Mission Focused Command Tactics and Leadership. Ed was named the 2004 California Training Officer of the Year. He is regularly recognized contributing author in Firehouse magazine, Fire Engineering, The Orange County Firefighter magazine, California Fire Service magazine, Firehouse.com’s on-line training programs and Fire Enginerring On-line format. He has written numerous articles about Truck Company Operations, Company Officer Leadership, and Succession Development; and he has developed web cast and pod cast on-line training programs which reach firefighters around the world. Ed has developed state and regional Truck Company Academies in California, Washington and Oregon. He has been a lead instructor at Firehouse World-San Diego, Firehouse Expo-Baltimore, Firehouse-Las Vegas and other regional Firehouse training conferences. He has taught at FDIC West, the Seattle Vision Conference, and the California Training Officers Symposium for 30 years.