Expert Profile
Principal founding partner responsible for project management and technical oversight for Fire Planning Associates, a Pennsylvania company that provides pre-emergency planning, ISO review and submittals, and fire protection engineering to municipal and private clients. Recent assignments include conducting NFPA 1500/1710 audit for 5-station county fire department, leading preplanning effort for 13 building, 2. 5MM square foot research/office campus, $140MM pharma plant in Asia, and major finance company headquarters for 4000+ employees.
Greg is an experienced firefighter/command officer with over 30 years experience and response to more than 10, 00 emergency incidents. He currently serves as Chief of the Lingohocken Fire Co. in Central Bucks County, PA. Additionally, he is a licensed fire protection engineer in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, a certified safety professional (CSP) and nationally recognized author and instructor. He has over 20 years experience in leading and improving safety and fire prevention from a Fortune 100 site and corporate perspective, including large capital projects valued at more than $3BB. Greg has developed process safety programs, led dozens of PHA studies, and is an experienced manager of major projects that include, safety, fire protection and environmental engineering design, employee training, system evaluation, hazards analysis, preplanning and fire control methodologies. He has instructed emergency response programs to thousands of students in California, North Carolina, New Jersey, Virginia, Florida, Oklahoma, Indiana, Nevada, Puerto Rico, France, Singapore, Ireland, Brazil, China, Korea, Canada, South Africa, and throughout Pennsylvania. He has served on committees to expand/update the physical plant for the Lower Moreland Township (Montgomery County) School District, and currently serves on the Buckingham Township (Bucks County) Technical Code Review of Appeals Board. Greg was nominated by his peers as a Fellow in the Society of Fire Protection ***** cation
B. S. , Fire Protection Engineering, University of Maryland, 1985
M. S. , Public Safety, St. Joseph’s University, 1994