Christopher J. Naum, SFPE is a 35-year fire service veteran and a former Fire Chief/ Coordinator at a nuclear power plant in the Northeastern United States, where he managed site-wide fire protection & industrial safety and previously served as a commanding company officer for over twenty years in field operations with a volunteer fire department in Central New York. A nationally recognized authority on building construction, structural collapse and command management, he has traveled throughout the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom delivering training programs on building construction, command risk management and firefighter safety. An Adjunct Instructor with the National Fire Academy, he specializes in training courses for Structural Collapse, Building Construction and Firefighter Safety & Health. A Contributing Editor with Firehouse Magazine since 1988 and Firehouse.com since 2002, he has authored numerous articles on building construction, firefighting operations, command, leadership and special technical rescue operations. He authors the monthly column and weekly blog at Firehouse.com entitled the Structural Anatomy of Buildingsonfire that focuses on building construction, command risk management and firefighter safety. A prolific author, he is also featured regularly on Firefighternation.com, FireRescue1.com, FireRescue magazine and fireenginnering.com. He is the executive producer and publisher of three popular fire service blogs and web portals; www.commandsafety.com , www.thecompanyofficer.com and www.buildingsonfire.com that focus on building construction, firefighter safety and command risk management. He was the 1987 ISFSI George D. Post National Fire Instructor of the Year as presented by the International Society of Fire Service Instructors. In addition, Mr. Naum has over fourteen years of experience within the areas of architectural design and planning & having served as a project architect for an architecture & engineering firm. He has served on numerous FEMA, USFA, NFPA, IAFC and ISFSI task forces, committees and panels over the past twenty seven years and holds full professional member grade Fire Protection Engineer-SFPE, status from the Society of Fire Protection Engineers. He is the Chief of Training for the Command Institute a Washington, DC based emergency management policy making & training organization and is the Second Vice President with the International Society of Fire Service Instructors, He is a Firefighter Safety Advocate with the NFFF-The Everyone Goes Home Programs and is an active contributor with the National Near Miss Reporting Systems. A member of the IAFC since 1987, he served over ten years as a charter member of the IAFC Urban Rescue Structural Collapse Committee and is a member of the SH&S Section and the VCOS. He is authoring a new text book on Building Construction for the Fire Services integrating architecture & construction technology, command risk management and firefighter safety and continues to present his popular structural anatomy building construction training series throughout the United States and internationally.