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Douglas Cline

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Douglas Cline, is a 29-year veteran and student of the Fire Service serving as Training Commander with the City of High Point (NC) Fire Department and Assistant Chief of Administration with the Ruffin Volunteer Fire Department.

Cline, a passionate fire instructor and former Fire Chief, is a North Carolina Level II Fire Instructor, National Fire Academy Instructor and an EMT-Paramedic instructor for the North Carolina Office of Emergency Medical Services. Cline is the 1st Vice president of the International Society of Fire Service Instructors (ISFSI) and is a member of the North Carolina Society of Fire and Rescue instructors.  Cline serves the Southeastern Association of Fire Chiefs as the 2nd Vice President. Cline also serves on the FEMA grant criteria development committee, peer reviewer for the Fire Act Grants, the 1st Vice President for the Piedmont North Carolina Fireman’s Association, Piedmont Director for the North Carolina Fallen Firefighters Foundation.

Cline was honored as the International Society of Fire Service Instructors (ISFSI), 1999 George D. Post Instructor of the Year. Chief Cline holds a Bachelors Degree in Social Services with a Minor in Education from Concord University.

Cline is a well known international speaker presenting High Intensity / Dynamic programs on instructor development, officer development, rapid intervention team training and firefighter safety and survival.  Cline also is a highly published author with the most recent publications being with Thomson-Delmar Learning.  The Publications are the Company Officer Test Preparation Guide Book with a scenario training DVD.  Cline is the technical content advisor for the Rapid Intervention Team Book published by Thomson-Delmar Learning and contributing author to the instructor support materials for the Rapid Intervention Team Book published by Thomson-Delmar Learning, test bank developer for the Fire Department Incident Safety Officer Book and contributing author to the instructor support materials for the Rapid Intervention Team Book published by Thomson-Delmar Learning. 

Cline also has multiple training videos with the Fire Emergency Training Network (FETN) and American Heat to include, Rapid Intervention Team Training, Vehicle Fires, Emergency Vehicle Operations, Fire Ground Safety and Survival, and Hose Line Management.  Cline is also hosts a monthly Pod Cast on Training and Tactics with Radio Firehouse.com, and “The House of Training” blog on Firehouse.com.  Cline also has blogs on Firefighter Nation and FireRescue 1 “The Kitchen Table”. Cline is a Contributing Editor to FIREHOUSE.com and the Pennsylvania Fireman Magazine.

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