Steve has been fortunate to have presented or scheduled to present over 400 different classes or keynote presentations in 40 states and also Canada.

For a partial list of sessions available, visit the Hosting a Class page of this website. 
 

For a list of organizations/associations as well as fire departments he has provided speaking services for, please visit the Organizations Served assisted page of this website.

Dates are filling up quickly. To reserve or book a date in person or virtually, please go to the Contact / Booking page of this website to contact Steve. I look forward to having the opportunity to serve your event or organization, and obtain the gift of time of your attendees. 

Chabot College: Hayward, CA - August through December 2025 

- Fire Technology 1 (Principles of Emergency Services) - (Semester long class) 

Nicholson & Associates, LLC / Western Fire Chiefs Association Pre-Conference: Chelan, WA - June 2025 

- Courage Under Fire Leadership - (5 hours) 

California Training Officers Association Fresno Symposium:  Fresno, CA - March 2025

- Sessions TBA

Chabot College: Hayward, CA - January through May 2025 

- Fire Technology 1 (Principles of Emergency Services) - (Semester long class) 

Chabot College: Hayward, CA - August through December 2024 

- Fire Technology 1 (Principles of Emergency Services) - (Semester long class) 

2024 Oregon Fire Chiefs Association Spring Conference: Bend, OR - May 2024

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: Personal Leadership - It Starts With Us!  (60 minutes)

Fire Department Instructors Conference (FDIC): Indianapolis, IN - April 2024

- Top Tips To Ace Your Next Promotional Examination! (4 hour pre-conference session)

Selkirk Fire, Rescue & EMS - Sandpoint, ID - April 2024

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: Being The Best Fire Service Professional You Can Be In 2024 & Beyond! (8 hours)

Sonoma County, CA / Online - March 2024

- Guest Speaker for Instructor 1 class on Training & Instructor Related Leadership Concepts

California Training Officers Association Fresno Symposium:  Fresno, CA - March 2024

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: (4 hours) 

- How to Excel at Fire Department Promotional Exams (8 hours)

Virginia Fire-Rescue Conference: Virginia Beach, VA - February 2024

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: Personal Leadership - It Starts With Us! (1 hour, 45 minutes, offered twice)

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: 7 Deadly Sins - 7 Ways to Win! (1 hour, 45 minutes, offered twice)

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: Successfully Transitioning From Firefighter (Or Engineer) To Fire Officer! (4 hours)

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: Being The Best Fire Service Professional You Can Be In 2024 & Beyond! (4 hours)

Columbus Fire & Rescue: Columbus, GA - February 2024

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: Battalion Chief Level Professional Development (6 hours) 

Mission CIT Speaker Series: Shelton, CT - February 2024

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: (6 hours) 

Missouri Winter Fire School, Columbia, MO - February 2024

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: Leadership Lessons Learned After Getting The Badge! (4 hour session offered 3 times)

Tri-County Training Consortium: Pacific, MO - January/February 2024 

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: Being the Best Fire Service Professional you Can Be in 2024 & Beyond! (6 hour session offered 3 separate days)

Chabot College: Hayward, CA - January through May 2024 

- Fire Technology 1 (Principles of Emergency Services) - (Semester long class) 

National Fire Academy: Emmitsburg, MD - December 2023

- R0445: Fire & Emergency Services Training Program Management (6 days) 

North Central Fire Protection District: Fresno, CA / Online - December 2023

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: Being the Best Fire Service Professional you Can Be in 2024 & Beyond! (30 minutes) 

Suisun City Fire Department: Suisun City, CA - November 2023

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: Being the Best Fire Service Professional you Can Be in 2023 & Beyond! (6 hours) 

Fresno Fire Department: Fresno, CA - November 2023

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: Chief Officer Command Level Training (8 hours) 

Fire Districts Association of California Annual Conference:  Sacramento, CA - October 2023 

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: Personal Leadership - It Starts With Us! (90 minute - Closing Keynote Session) 

Northern Virginia Fire & Rescue Leadership Development Institute:  Leesburg, VA - October 2023

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: Personal Leadership - It Starts With Us! (90 minute Keynote Session) 

Fire Shows West Conference:  Reno, NV - September 2023

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: Being The Best Fire Service Professional You Can Be In 2023 & Beyond! (2 hours)

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: (1 hours)

Firehouse Expo: Columbus, OH - September 2023 

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: Tips to Be the Best Fire Officer You Can Be! (60 minutes)

- Roundtable: The GOATS, Leaving Their Legacy in the Fire Service (60 minutes)

Monument Fire Protection District: Monument, CO - September 2023

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: Being the Best Fire Service Professional you Can Be in 2023 & Beyond! (2 days) 

Chabot College: Hayward, CA - August through December 2023 

- Fire Technology 1 (Principles of Emergency Services) - (Semester long class) 

International Association of Fire Chiefs Fire Rescue International Conference: Kansas City, MO - August 2023

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: Jump Seat to Front Seat, Successfully Transitioning from Firefighter to Company Officer (1 hour)

- Silver to Gold: Successfully Making the Leap into the Chief Officer Ranks (1 hour)

Leland Fire/Rescue:  Leland, NC - August 2023

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: Being the Best Fire Service Professional you Can Be in 2023 & Beyond! (6 hours) 

South Atlantic Fire Rescue Expo (SAFRE): Raleigh, NC - August 2023

- Courage Under Fire Leadership (4 hour pre-conference session)

Ohio Fire & Rescue Officer Development Conference: Columbus, OH - July 2023

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: Leadership Lessons Learned AFTER Getting the Badge! (1 hour, 45 minute session)

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: Personal Leadership - It Starts With Us! (2 hour - Closing Keynote Session) 

Montana State Volunteer Firefighters Conference: Miles City, MT - June 2023

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: Personal Leadership - Being The Best Fire Service Professional We Can Be In 2023 & Beyond! (90 minute - Opening Keynote Session) 

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: Personal Leadership - It Starts With Us! (90 minute - Closing Keynote Session) 

MissionCIT Leadership Academy: Nitro, WV - May 2023

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: Personal Leadership - It Starts With Us! (1 hour, 45 minute - Keynote Session) 

- 10 Commandments of a Great Fire Service Professional (90 minute)

Louisiana Fire Chiefs Association Annual Conference: Lafayette, LA - April 2023

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: Personal Leadership - It Starts With Us! (1 hour) 

Fire Department Instructors Conference (FDIC): Indianapolis, IN - April 2023

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: The 2023 Fire Officer, Are You Up For The Challenge? (1 hour, 45 minute classroom session)

North Florida Fire Expo: Fort Walton Beach, FL - March 2023

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: Being the Best We Can For Those We Protect & Serve! (2 hour session) 

Center For Public Safety Excellence Conference: Orlando, FL - March 2023

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: Personal Leadership - It Starts With Us! (1 hour session) 

Virginia Fire-Rescue Conference: Virginia Beach, VA - February 2023

- Here's the Badge - Don't Screw It Up! (1 hour, 45 minutes, offered twice)

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: Prevening Career and/or Life Altering Events! (1 hour, 45 minutes, offered twice)

- Creating a Personal/Career Development Action Plan for Success! (1 hour, 45 minutes, offered twice)

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: 10 MORE Commandments of a Great Fire Officer! (1 hour, 45 minutes, offered twice)

Cape Girardeau Fire Department: Cape Girardeau, MO - February 2023

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: Being the Best Fire Service Professional you Can Be in 2023 & Beyond! (6 hours) 

Missouri Winter Fire School, Columbia, MO - February 2023

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: Leadership Lessons Learned After Getting The Badge! (4 hour session offered 3 times)

National Fire Academy: Emmitsburg, MD - January 2023

- R0445: Fire & Emergency Services Training Program Management (6 days) 

Redwood City Fire Department: Redwood City, CA - January 2023

- Company Officer Expectations for all Command Staff Members (2 hours) 

Chabot College: Hayward, CA- January through May 2023 

- Fire Technology 1 (Principles of Emergency Services) - (Semester long class) 

Jackson Fire Expo: Massilion, OH - January 2023

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: Being the Best Fire Service Professional you Can Be in 2023 & Beyond! (4 hours) 

- 10 Commandments of a Great Fire Service Professional (2 hours)

New York State Fire Academy Annual Staff Training: Montour Falls, NY - January 2023

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: Personal Leadership - It Starts With Us! (2 hour - Keynote Session) 

TEEX Leadership Development Symposium: Frisco, TX - January 2023

- Creating a Personal or Career Development Action Plan for Success!(60 minute session offered 2 times) 

Petaluma Fire Department: Petaluma, CA - December 2022

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: (6 hours)

Lebanon Fire District:  Lebanon, OR - October 2022

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: (6 hour day time session for all personnel; 3 hour evening session for Volunteer personnel )

Fire Districts Association of California:  Sacramento, CA - October 2022 

- Courage Under Fire Leadership:  Being The BEST Fire Service Professional You Can Be For Those You Are Fortunate To Lead & Serve! (90 minute session)

Montana Fire Chiefs Association Annual Conference:  Butte, MT - October 2022 

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: Personal Leadership - It Starts with Us! (1 hour keynote session)

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: 10 Commandments of a Great Fire Service Professional! (1 hour classroom session)

Firehouse Expo: Columbus, OH - September 2022 

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: 7 Deadly Sins/7 Ways to Win (2 hours) 

- How to Excel at Fire Department Promotional Exams (4 hour pre-conference session)

International Association of Fire Chiefs Fire Rescue International Conference: San Antonio, TX - August 2022

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: Jump Seat to Front Seat, Successfully Transitioning from Firefighter to Company Officer (1 hour)

Chabot College: Hayward, CA- August through December 2022

- Fire Technology 1 (Principles of Emergency Services) - (Semester long class) 

Fire Department Instructors Conference (FDIC): Indianapolis, IN - April 2022

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: The 2022 Fire Officer, Are You Up For The Challenge? (1 hour, 45 minute classroom session)

Center for Public Safety Excellence (CPSE) - Excellence Conference: Orlando, FL- March 2022

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: 5 Keys For Success! (1 hour)

- Creating a Career Development Action Plan for Success! (1 hour)

Union Fire Association / Lower Merion Fire Department, Bala Cynwyd, PA: VIRTUAL PRESENTATION - March 2022

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: Being the Best Fire Service Professional you Can Be in 2022 & Beyond! (3 hours) - PART 2

Virginia Fire-Rescue Conference: Virginia Beach, VA - February 2022

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: Being the Best Fire Service Professional you Can Be in 2022 & Beyond! (4 hours)

- Tips to Ace Your Next Fire Department Promotional Exam! (1 hour, 45 minutes)

- 10 Commandments of a Great Fire Officer! (1 hour, 45 minutes)

Missouri Winter Fire School, Columbia, MO - February 2022

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: Leadership Lessons Learned After Getting The Badge! (4 hour session offered 3 times)

Union Fire Association / Lower Merion Fire Department, Bala Cynwyd, PA: VIRTUAL PRESENTATION - January 2022

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: Being the Best Fire Service Professional you Can Be in 2022 & Beyond! (3 hours) - PART 1

Chabot College: Hayward, CA- January through May 2022

- Fire Technology 1 (Principles of Emergency Services) - (Semester long class) 

Lodi Fire Department:  Lodi, CA - November 2021

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: Being the Best Fire Service Professional you Can Be in 2022 & Beyond! (2 days) 

California Training Officers Association Fresno Symposium:  Fresno, CA - November 2021- POSTPONED TO 2022 DUE TO COVID-19 PANDEMIC

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: (8 hours) 

- How to Excel at Fire Department Promotional Exams (8 hours)

North Eastern Iowa College Fire & EMS Conference:  Dubuque, IA - October 2021

- Courage Under Fire Leadership - Personal Leadership, It Starts With Us! (50 minutes) 

- Courage Under Fire Leadership - Striving For Greatness! (50 minutes) 

- Courage Under Fire Leadership - 5 Keys For Success! (50 minutes) 

- The Fire Officer as the Training Officer of their Crew! (50 minutes) 

- The Top 10 Common Denominators of Firefighter LODDs & What We Can Do (50 minutes) 

- CHAOS Should Not Stand For Captain (or Chief) Has Arrived On Scene! (50 minutes) 

- Creating a Career Development Action Plan For Success (50 minutes) - Part 1

- Creating a Career Development Action Plan For Success (50 minutes) - Part 2

Fire Shows West Conference:  Reno, NV - September 2021

- Courage Under Fire Leadership - Here's the Badge, Don't Screw it Up! (1 hour, 30 minutes) 

- Courage Under Fire Leadership - Preventing Life & Career Altering Events (1 hour, 30 minutes)

Myrtle Beach Fire Department: Myrtle Beach, SC - September 2021

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: Being the Best Fire Service Professional you Can Be in 2021 & Beyond! (2 days) 

Firehouse Expo Conference:  Columbus, OH - September 2021

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: 10 Commandments of a Great Fire Officer! (90 minutes)

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: Being the Best Fire Service Professional You Can be in 2022 & Beyond! (90 minutes)

Fire Department Instructors Conference (FDIC): Indianapolis, IN - August 2021​

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: Fire Officer Lessons Learned After Getting The Badge! (4 hour pre-conference workshop)

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: The 2021 Fire Officer, Are You Up For The Challenge? (1 hour, 45 minute classroom session)

International Association of Fire Chiefs Fire Rescue International Conference: Charlotte, NC - July 2021

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: Jump Seat to Front Seat, Successfully Transitioning from Firefighter to Company Officer (1 hour)

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: Silver to Gold, Successfully Transitioning from Company Officer to Chief Officer (1 hour)

Greensburg Fire Department: Greensburg, IN - June 2021

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: Being the Best Fire Service Professional you Can Be in 2021 & Beyond! (1 day) 

- Promotional Preparation (1 day) 

International Association of Fire Chiefs Community Risk Reduction Conference: VIRTUAL PRESENTATION - May 2021

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: (1 hour) 

Washington Fire Chiefs Association Conference: VIRTUAL PRESENTATION - May 2021

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: The Art of Leadership (1 hour, 45 minutes) 

Utah Fire Chiefs Association Conference: Salt Lake City, UT - May 2021

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: (3 hours)

John F Futhey II State Fire School (Oklahoma State Firefighters Association): Tulsa, OK - May 2021

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: (2 hours - same session offered twice over two days) 

Cheyenne Fire Rescue Department: Cheyenne, WY - April 2021

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: Being the Best Fire Service Professional you Can Be in 2021 & Beyond! (6 hours) 

South Adams County Fire Department: Commerce City, CO - April 2021

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: Being the Best Fire Service Professional you Can Be in 2021 & Beyond! (4 hours) 

North Area Training Chiefs Company Officer Fundamentals: North Denver Area, CO - April 2021

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: Being the Best Fire Officer you Can Be in 2021 & Beyond! (8 hours) 

Iowa Association of Professional Fire Chiefs Professional Development Conference:  VIRTUAL PRESENTATION - April 2021

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: Being the Best Fire Service Professional you Can Be in 2021 & Beyond! (6 hours) 

Nebraska Fire Chiefs Association 5th Annual Fire Chiefs Leadership Symposium: Beatrice, NE - March 2021

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: Being the Best Fire Service Professional you Can Be in 2021 & Beyond! (8 hours) 

Virginia Fire Department & Iron Mountain Fire Department: Virginia, MN - March 2021

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: Being the Best Fire Service Professional you Can Be in 2021 & Beyond! (2 full days) 

Virginia Fire-Rescue Conference: Virginia Beach, VA - February 2021 - POSTPONED TO 2022 DUE TO COVID-19 PANDEMIC

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: Being the Best Fire Service Professional you Can Be in 2021 & Beyond! (4 hours)

- Tips to Ace Your Next Fire Department Promotional Exam! (1 hour, 45 minutes)

- 10 Commandments of a Great Fire Officer! (1 hour, 45 minutes)

Missouri Winter Fire School, Columbia, MO: VIRTUAL PRESENTATION - February 2021

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: Being the Best Fire Service Professional you Can Be in 2021 & Beyond! (4 hours)

Utah Winter Fire School: St. George, UT - January 2021 - POSTPONED TO 2022 DUE TO COVID-19 PANDEMIC:

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: (4 hours) Repeated 3 Times

Minnesota Board of Firefighter Training & Education: VIRTUAL PRESENTATION - January 2021

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: Creating a Personal Development Road Map for Today's Fire Service (2 hours)

Upper Pine River Fire Protection District, Bayfield, CO: VIRTUAL PRESENTATION - December 2020

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: Being the Best Fire Service Professional You Can Be in 2021 & Beyond! (2 hours)

Bloomfield Fire Department:  Bloomfield, NJ - December 2020

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: (4 full days - all shifts/1 shift per day) 

Firehouse Expo Direct:  VIRTUAL PRESENTATION - December 2020

- Top 5 Commandments of a Great Fire Officer in 2021 & Beyond!: (60 minutes) 

Florence Fire Rescue: Florence, AL - November 2020

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: (8 hours) 

Madison Fire Rescue: Madison, AL - November 2020

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: (8 hours) 

FireShowsWest Conference: VIRTUAL PRESENTATION - October 2020

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: 7 Deadly Sins (60 minutes) 

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: 7 Ways to Win (60 minutes) 

Nikiski Fire Department:  Nikiski, AK - October 2020

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: (2 full days) 

International Association of Fire Chiefs Fire Rescue International Conference:  VIRTUAL PRESENTATION - October 2020

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: Jump Seat to Front Seat, Successfully Transitioning from Firefighter to Company Officer (1 hour, 30 minutes) 

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: Silver to Gold, Successfully Transitioning from Company Officer to Chief Officer (1 hour, 30 minutes) 

Texas Fire Chiefs Association New Fire Chief Academy:  Round Rock, TX - CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19 PANDEMIC

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: (4 hours) 

2020 Shelter-In-Place Webinar Series: Online - May & June 2020

- Reach for the Firefighter Badge: Do you have what it takes to be a Firefighter?: (2 hours) 

- 25 Reasons to hire you as a Firefighter: (2 hours) 

- How to Master the Fire Department Testing Process: (2 hours) 

- Reach for the Firefighter Badge: Do you have what it takes to be a Firefighter?: (2 hours) 

- 21 Key Points to Assist you Becoming a Firefighter: (2 hours) 

Washington Fire Chiefs Association Conference: Wenatchee, WA - POSTPONED TO 2021 DUE TO COVID-19 PANDEMIC

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: (2 hours) 

Fire Department Instructors Conference (FDIC): Indianapolis, IN - POSTPONED TO 2021 DUE TO COVID-19 PANDEMIC

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: Fire Officer Lessons Learned After Getting The Badge! (4 hour pre-conference workshop)

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: The 2020 Fire Officer, Are You Up For The Challenge? (1 hour, 45 minute classroom session)

Iowa Association of Professional Fire Chiefs Professional Development Conference: Ames, IA - POSTPONED TO 2021 DUE TO COVID-19 PANDEMIC

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: Being the Best Fire Service Professional you Can Be in 2020 & Beyond! (8 hours) 

2020 Firehouse Kitchen Table Conference - VIRTUAL PRESENTATION

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: There is NO Us Vs. Them - We're all in this together!  (1 hour, 30 minutes) 

Nebraska Fire Chiefs Association 5th Annual Fire Chiefs Leadership Symposium: Beatrice, NE - POSTPONED TO 2021 DUE TO COVID-19 PANDEMIC

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: Being the Best Fire Service Professional you Can Be in 2021 & Beyond! (8 hours) 

Firehouse World Conference: Las Vegas, NV - February 25 & 27, 2020

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: 7 Deadly Sins, 7 Ways to Win (1 hour, 45 minutes)

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: Striving for Greatness! (1 hour, 45 minutes)

Virginia Fire Chiefs Association Fire Rescue Conference: Virginia Beach, VA - February 21, 2020  

- Courage Under Fire Leadership (4 hours) 

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: Striving for Greatness! (2 hours)

Alabama Fire Chiefs Association Executive Development Conference: Tuscaloosa, AL - February 4, 2020  

- Courage Under Fire Leadership (4 hours) 

Utah Fire & Rescue Academy Winter Fire School: St George, UT - January 24 & 25, 2020  

- Courage Under Fire Leadership (4 hours) offered on two days

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: 20 Commandments of a Great Fire Service Professional! (4 hours) offered on two days

Loudon County Fire-Rescue Department: Leesburg, VA - January 16, 2020  

- Courage Under Fire Leadership (6 hours)

Manteca Fire Department: Manteca, CA - January 6, 2020  

- Courage Under Fire Leadership (4 hours) 

- Courage Under Fire Leadership: Striving for Greatness! (4 hours)

Lincoln Fire-Rescue: Lincoln, NE - December 2-5, 2019 

- Courage Under Fire Leadership (4 full days - 8, 4-hour sessions offered to all shifts and company officers & chief officers)