Instructor Bio | Howard Rinewalt is a 19 year member of the East Montgomery County, Texas Fire Department. He moved through each rank from Volunteer Firefighter to paid Fire Chief and served as Incident Command over a Unified Command Structure for Hurricane Harvey. All of Howard’s experience is in Rural and Suburban strategies and tactics.
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Chief Bob Morris
Instructor Bio | Morris retired from the FDNY after 40 years in the department, and completed his career as the Captain of Rescue 1 in Manhattan. He is currently employed as an Assistant Fire Chief with the Stamford Connecticut Fire Department, about 35 miles east of NYC.
Captain Clark Lamping
Instructor Bio | Clark Lamping is a 21-year veteran of the Clark County (NV) Fire Department, where he has been a Captain for 10 years and is on the technical rescue team. He is assigned to Firehouse 11 and is a rescue specialist for NV-TF1. He has a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a master’s degree in crisis and emergency management.
Chief Frank Leeb
Instructor Bio | Chief Frank Leeb is the managing director of the First Responder Center for Excellence (FRCE). He was also the keynote speaker for Firehouse Expo in 2022, and then authored “Cornerstones of Leadership: On and Off the Fireground.” He previously served as a Deputy Assistant with the FDNY from 1992 through June 2024. During his tenure with FDNY, his final role was as the Acting Chief of Safety for the FDNY’s 17,000 employees. His previous staff positions include the Chief of Training and the Chief of the Fire Academy. He also has been a member of the East Farmingdale, NY, Fire Department since 1983. He was a presenter at the 2022 and 2023 U.S. Fire Administrator Summit on Fire Prevention and Control. He has served as an advisory panel member for UL Firefighter Safety Research Institute’s (FSRI) “Study of Coordinated Attack in Acquired Structures” and is a principal on the NFPA Technical Committees 420, 1585, and 1710. He holds a bachelor’s degree in fire service administration from SUNY Empire State and a master’s degree in security studies from the Naval Postgraduate School, Center for Homeland Defense and Security (CHDS).
Chief Mo Davis
Instructor Bio | Mo Davis is a District Chief with the City of Houston Fire Department and has over 25 years of fire service experience. Chief Davis holds a Master’s Degree, is a Master Firefighter, and is a Master Fire investigator.
Chief Clyde Gordon
Instructor Bio | Clyde Gordon is a District Chief with the City of Houston Fire Department. He has 36 years as a proven leader in the fire service and 30 years within the Houston Fire Department. Chief Gordon offers a unique blend of leadership, vision, and knowledge. He has a reputation for a strong work ethic, exceptional fire ground operations, and management, and building uncompromising integrity and responsibility in a crew.
Chief Gordon believes in continuous improvement of fire ground skills and operations through regular and consistent training. He is known for his teaching through honest and personal first-hand experience. Clyde spent over 10 years as an instructor with Lone Star College in Cypress, Texas.
Captain Anthony Rowett
Instructor Bio | Anthony Rowett, Jr. is a captain with the Mobile, AL, Fire-Rescue Department. He was previously a firefighter with the Ogdensburg, NJ, Fire Department. Rowett has multiple degrees in both fire science and emergency services management. He is a graduate of the Alabama Smoke Diver course.
He is the owner of Port City Fire Training. Rowett is also an instructor at Gulf Coast Emergency Response Academy. He is a contributing author for multiple fire service publications and has instructed at multiple fire service conferences as well as for individual fire departments.
Lieutenant JJ Cassetta
Instructor Bio | JJ has been a career firefighter for over 22 years and is currently a Lieutenant with the City of Orlando Fire Department. There he has served for the past 15 years and is currently assigned to Tower 10.
He previously served as a firefighter with the City of Cincinnati (OH) Fire Department. JJ earned a BS degree in Fire Protection Administration from Eastern Kentucky University. He is Florida state-certified instructor and has taught classes at local and national conferences on Truck Company Tactics.
Jerry Herbst
Instructor Bio | Jerry is a 37-year veteran of the Fire Service and is a New York State certified Training Officer. With over 25 years on the line, Jerry has served in all rank positions including 6 years as Chief of Department in his local volunteer FD and ten years as a paid Deputy Chief Coordinator at the County Level.
He is still an active Firefighter and Apparatus Operator. He has been with Elkhart Brass since 2006 serving as a Regional Manager, National Account Manager, and Strategic Development Manager for Municipal Markets.
Chris Martin
Instructor Bio | Chris has been in the fire service for 20 years and is a certified Indiana State Fire Instructor II/III. He worked as a student firefighter at the University of Notre Dame, where he earned his Bachelor of Business Administration Degree, majoring in Marketing. He holds the rank of Engineer and serves as a Field Training Officer with the Clay Fire Territory in South Bend, Indiana where he has worked positions from firefighter up to Captain.
Chris has worked for Elkhart Brass since 2000, functioning in Regional Sales Manager positions both domestically and internationally. Currently, he is the Municipal Product Manager. In this role, he focuses exclusively on new product development, technical training, and extensive interaction with end-users and distribution to ensure that the voice of the customer is heard and understood.
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