Chris Hawley is a 24 year veteran of the fire service, and served as the Special Operations Coordinator for the Baltimore County (MD) Fire Department. He has vast experience in emergency response and emergency response training. He has developed and delivered innovative HazMat/WMD training programs all over the world. He has delivered training & exercise in more than 40 countries. Chris has written seven textbooks regarding emergency response and incident management in addition to numerous articles and blogs.