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NICHOLAS PAPA, FOUNDER

...IS A CAPTAIN WITH THE NEW BRITAIN (CT) FIRE DEPARTMENT, WHERE HE HAS SERVED FOR 16 YEARS. A 2ND-GENERATION FIREFIGHTER, HE ENTERED THE FIRE SERVICE IN 2003, VOLUNTEERING FOR A NEIGHBORING SUBURB UNTIL HIS APPOINTMENT TO THE NBFD. HE IS A FIRE ENGINEERING AUTHOR, AN FDIC INSTRUCTOR & ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER, AS WELL AS A PAST TECHNICAL PANELIST FOR THE UL-FSRI COORDINATED FIRE ATTACK STUDY.

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NICHOLAS PAPA, FOUNDER

...IS DEDICATED TO PROVIDING THE HIGHEST QUALITY EDUCATION FOR THE FIRE SERVICE BY PASSING ON VETTED, PRACTICAL INFORMATION FOR THE FIREGROUND. THE LESSONS ARE NOT ONLY FORGED FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE & FOUNDED ON TIME-HONORED PRINCIPLES & PRACTICES, BUT ARE VALIDATED BY DATA. BY FUSING THE ART OF FIREFIGHTING & THE SCIENCE OF FIRE DYNAMICS, WE HOPE TO "EMPOWER INITIATIVE THROUGH COMPETENCY."