MISSION: Our mission is to provide to increase firefighter safety and decrease line of duty deaths through improving departments in their training programs as well as the use of simulation based training.
COURSES AND SERVICES OFFERED:
- Fire Department Consulting
- Accreditation
- ISO
- Training Programs
- Leadership
- Fire Department Efficiency
- Fire Department Deployment
- Mutual Aid System and Box Card Development
- Grant Writing
- Simulation Based Training
- Simulation Development
- Command Training Center Build Outs or Consulting
- Training
- Modern Fire Behavior
- Firefighter Safety and LODDs
- Training Program Management
- Training Officer Development
- Training in Combination Fire Departments
- Trench Rescue
- Building Collapse Rescue
- Technical Rescue Close Calls
- Elevator Rescue
- Flipping the Fire Service Classroom
- Fire Service Leadership and College Football
CONTACT US: brian@kazfire.org or 574-532-0462
ABOUT US:
Brian P. Kazmierzak, EFO, CTO, has been a member of the fire service since 1991. Brian is currently employed by the Penn Twp. Fire Dept. in Mishawaka, IN as Battalion Chief on C-Shift and also the Chief of Training. He was a founding member of the MABAS Division 201 Tactical Rescue Team and currently serves as a Team Leader, MABAS 201 TRT provides technical rescue response using a coordinated system of six fire departments serving a nine county area in Indiana and Michigan. Brian has an associate’s degree in Emergency Services Administration from Indiana University, an associate’s degree in Fire Science from Ivy Tech State College and a bachelor’s degree in fire service administration from Southern Illinois University. In addition, Brian completed the National Fire Academy’s Executive Fire Officer Program in 2006, is a CPSE credentialed Chief Training Officer.
He serves Director of Operations for www.firefighterclosecalls.com where he runs the day to day operations of the leading fire service safety and training website along with publishing THE SECRET LIST and recently launched the website www.ModernFireBehavior.com with Firefighter Close Calls and the UL FSRI. Brian was the recipient of the 2006 F.O.O.L.S. International Dana Hannon Instructor of the Year Award, the 2008 Indiana Fire Chiefs Training Officer of the Year Award Recipient and the 2011 Fire Engineering / ISFSI George D. Post International Fire Service Instructor of the Year Award at FDIC. He is a member of the International Society of Fire Service Instructors, Indiana Fire Instructors Association, Michiana FOOLS and has served as a Peer Assessor and Team Leader for the Commission on Fire Accreditation International. Brian is also a partner in the website www.TheTrainingOfficer.com as well as running his own company – KAZ-FIRE – Consulting, Simulation and Training. Brian is also a board member of the ISFSI serving as a Director at Large and serves as the Lead Author of the ISFSI Principles of Modern Fire Attack Program and is the lead instructor for that program. Brian also served on the UL FSRI PPV Research Study Panel.
