Assistant Chief
Horry County Fire Rescue
Conway, South Carolina, United States
Douglas Cline, Assistant Chief of the Professional Development with Horry County Fire Recue. He is the Executive Editor for The Fire Officer.com, Executive Administrator of the National Fire Academy Alumni Association and Executive Director for the Command Institute in Washington D.C.
A 46-year student of fire and emergency services. Chief Cline is a highly published author of articles, blogs and textbooks for both Fire and EMS. As a Chief Officer, Cline is a distinguished authority of officer development and has traveled internationally delivering distinguished programs on leadership and officer development. He also has a diverse line of training videos on Leadership, Rapid Intervention Team Training, Vehicle Fires, Hose Line Management, Emergency Vehicle Operations and Fire Ground Safety and Survival.
Cline, a tenured Chief Officer, is a Level III Fire Instructor, National Fire Academy Instructor and an EMS Instructor. Chief Cline is the Chair for the South Carolina Firefighters Association Officer Section, a Past President of the South Carolina State Association of Fire Chiefs, Past President of the International Society of Fire Service Instructors (ISFSI), Past President of the Southeastern Association of Fire Chiefs (SEAFC), a President of the South Carolina of Fire and Rescue Instructors. Cline serves as a National Fallen Firefighters Foundation (NFFF) South Carolina State Lead Advocate for Everyone Goes Home, served on the FEMA Assistance to Firefighters Act Grant criteria development committee, Past member of the Congressional Fire Service Institute (CFSI) National Advisory Committee, NFAAA National Fire Academy Alumni Association Executive Director, Member of the Board of Trustees for the National Fire Heritage Center, and a peer reviewer for the Fire Act Grants.
In 1999, Cline was honored by the International Society of Fire Service Instructors (ISFSI) by being awarded the prestigious George D. Post International Instructor of the Year. He holds a Bachelors Degree in Social Services with a Minor in Education from Concord University. He is also holds a CPSE Chief Fire Officer Designation (CFO) and is a Member of the Institute of Fire Engineers (IFE).
Chief Cline has been actively involved with the fire dynamics research conducted by ISFSI, UL and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). As a Strategy and Tactics theorist he has worked to help translated the research data into cutting edge operational theories, methodologies instructional programs and fire ground tactical operations focused on the Modern Fire Environment. Chief Cline is the executive producer of Fire Engineering’s “Fire and Training Blog Talk Radio show and “The Chief’s Trumpet”, the official Blog Talk Radio show for Thefireofficer.com.
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