Brian Beechner, Battalion Chief

Brian Beechner has spent 32 years in the fire service. He has spent most of his 21 years with Orange County in the Special Operations Section as a firefighter, Training Lieutenant and Battalion Chief. He spent two years as the aide to the Fire Chief, where he wrote department policy, conducted industry research, and drafted presentations. Brian has a passion for teaching and trained all ranks of firefighters from new recruits to Battalion Chiefs. Brian was selected for the fellowship program with the Joint Counterterrorism Assessment Team at the National Counterterrorism Center. During his fellowship, he worked alongside NCTC, DHS and FBI analysts to produce relevant federally coordinated threat information on significant international terrorism or terrorism-related events that had potential to impact the United States. Brian has a Master's in Public Administration with a concentration in Disaster Management. He has presented on the topics of Counterterrorism and responses to technical rescue incidents throughout the country and is a member of the NFPA 2500 committee Standard for Operations and Training for Technical Search and Rescue Incidents and Life Safety Rope and Equipment for Emergency Services.