Chad Christensen

Battalion Chief

Los Angeles County Fire Department
Chief Christensen has 25 years of experience in the fire service. He began his career with Los Angeles County Fire Department in 2002, rising through the ranks to his current position as Battalion Chief. Before that, he worked as a Firefighter for the City of Clovis (CA) and City of Hanford (CA) Fire Departments. Chief Christensen is a field Battalion Chief assigned to Battalion 12 in the East Region of the Los Angeles County Fire Dept. He is a founding member of the Los Angeles County Fire Department Fire Behavior Cadre and is the department's lead Fire Dynamics instructor. He has been a CA-SFT Fire Control 3 instructor for over 15 years. Chief Christensen helped to implement Fire-ground tactical changes in Los Angeles County starting in 2013 based on UL Fire Safety Research Institute’s research and continues to update the tactics based on new research.  Chief Christensen was a technical panel member for the Fire Attack Study and the Coordinated Fire Attack study. He is a UL-FSRI Fire Dynamics Boot Camp Instructor Cadre member, teaches at FDIC, Firehouse Expo, and MAFFC, and has assisted other agencies across the country in developing a live fire training program. Chief Christensen assisted in the rollout of NFPA 1700 with UL-FSRI’s online training program and ISFSI’s regional training.

Sessions by Chad Christensen

08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Hemet Fire 

Fire Control 3: Evidence-based Structural Firefighting (Live Fire)

Instructors:

Derek Alkonis, Assistant Chief (Ret.) Los Angeles County Fire Department, CA
Gil Pedroza, Fire Captain, Glendale (CA) Fire Department
Dave Baldwin, BC (Ret.), Sacramento City Fire Department, CA  
Chad Christensen, BC, Los Angeles County Fire Department, CA

This course applies Fire Safety Research Institute’s (FSRI) evidence-based findings to provide the knowledge and skills that prepare a firefighter to locate, control, and extinguish an interior structure fire. The course includes classroom review of contemporary full scale fire experiments and live fire training in a fixed facility. This course is a pre-requisite for those who desire to become a qualified Live Fire Instructor for Fire Control 3.

Designed For:

Fire suppression personnel

Authority:

NFPA 1403: Standard on Live Fire Training Evolutions (2018)

Office of the State Fire Marshal

Prerequisites:

Meet the minimum job performance requirements for Fire Fighter 1 in NFPA 1001: Standard for Fire Fighter Professional Qualifications related to safety; fire behavior; portable extinguishers; personal protective equipment (PPE); ladders; fire hose, appliances, and streams; overhaul; water supply; ventilation; forcible entry; and building construction (NFPA 1403 (2018))

or

SFT Fire Fighter 1 certification

Student Requirements:

Each student must provide their own NFPA-compliant SCBA with a spare bottle.  SCBA’s WILL NOT be provided by the host agency.

NFPA 1971 Standard on Protective Ensembles for Structural Fire Fighting and Proximity Fire Fighting compliant PPE.

Proof of successful SCBA Fit Test within the last twelve (12) months

Maximum Class Size:  25

08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Hemet Fire 

Fire Control 3: Evidence-based Structural Firefighting (Live Fire)

Instructors:

Derek Alkonis, Assistant Chief (Ret.) Los Angeles County Fire Department, CA
Gil Pedroza, Fire Captain, Glendale (CA) Fire Department
Dave Baldwin, BC (Ret.), Sacramento City Fire Department, CA  
Chad Christensen, BC, Los Angeles County Fire Department, CA

This course applies Fire Safety Research Institute’s (FSRI) evidence-based findings to provide the knowledge and skills that prepare a firefighter to locate, control, and extinguish an interior structure fire. The course includes classroom review of contemporary full scale fire experiments and live fire training in a fixed facility. This course is a pre-requisite for those who desire to become a qualified Live Fire Instructor for Fire Control 3.

Designed For:

Fire suppression personnel

Authority:

NFPA 1403: Standard on Live Fire Training Evolutions (2018)

Office of the State Fire Marshal

Prerequisites:

Meet the minimum job performance requirements for Fire Fighter 1 in NFPA 1001: Standard for Fire Fighter Professional Qualifications related to safety; fire behavior; portable extinguishers; personal protective equipment (PPE); ladders; fire hose, appliances, and streams; overhaul; water supply; ventilation; forcible entry; and building construction (NFPA 1403 (2018))

or

SFT Fire Fighter 1 certification

Student Requirements:

NFPA 1971 Standard on Protective Ensembles for Structural Fire Fighting and Proximity Fire Fighting compliant PPE.

Proof of successful SCBA Fit Test within the last twelve (12) months

Maximum Class Size:  25

08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Hemet Fire 

Fire Control 3: Evidence-based Structural Firefighting (Live Fire)

Instructors:

Derek Alkonis, Assistant Chief (Ret.) Los Angeles County Fire Department, CA
Gil Pedroza, Fire Captain, Glendale (CA) Fire Department
Dave Baldwin, BC (Ret.), Sacramento City Fire Department, CA  
Chad Christensen, BC, Los Angeles County Fire Department, CA

This course applies Fire Safety Research Institute’s (FSRI) evidence-based findings to provide the knowledge and skills that prepare a firefighter to locate, control, and extinguish an interior structure fire. The course includes classroom review of contemporary full scale fire experiments and live fire training in a fixed facility. This course is a pre-requisite for those who desire to become a qualified Live Fire Instructor for Fire Control 3.

Designed For:

Fire suppression personnel

Authority:

NFPA 1403: Standard on Live Fire Training Evolutions (2018)

Office of the State Fire Marshal

Prerequisites:

Meet the minimum job performance requirements for Fire Fighter 1 in NFPA 1001: Standard for Fire Fighter Professional Qualifications related to safety; fire behavior; portable extinguishers; personal protective equipment (PPE); ladders; fire hose, appliances, and streams; overhaul; water supply; ventilation; forcible entry; and building construction (NFPA 1403 (2018))

or

SFT Fire Fighter 1 certification

Student Requirements:

NFPA 1971 Standard on Protective Ensembles for Structural Fire Fighting and Proximity Fire Fighting compliant PPE.

Proof of successful SCBA Fit Test within the last twelve (12) months

Maximum Class Size:  25