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Public & Private sector emergency management with emphasis
on planning, preparedness, training & response. Retired Asst. Fire Chief,
L.A.
Educational Background
Bachelor of Science in Human Relations and Organizational Behavior,
National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Professional Experience
36 year member Los Angeles City FD, retired Assistant Chief. Six
years consultant Borden/Lee Consulting.
Active Association Memberships
BICEPP, SCESA, IAEM, NIUSR, IAFC, EERI, ACP,
LAFDHS
Fee Structure
Negotiable
Other Relevant Information
Frank Borden retired from the Los Angeles City Fire Department
as an Assistant Chief with over 36 years of service and became a
consultant and instructor in emergency management and preparedness.
During his fire service career he has commanded hundreds of emergency
incidents and had a direct role in the management of response to
many disasters. In his last assignment, he was the Commander of
the Training and Disaster Preparedness Division of the Fire Department
and member of the City of Los Angeles Emergency Operations Organization.
He has an extensive background in emergency planning,
preparedness, management and training in all levels of government
and the private sector. He has been involved in many research projects
and developed many nationally and internationally recognized programs
such as the Community Emergency Response Team Program (CERT); Urban
Search and Rescue (US&R); and the Incident Command System (ICS).
This research has been done as a team leader to investigate disasters
such as the Mandeville Fire, the Mexico City earthquake, the Loma
Prieta earthquake, the Los Angeles Riots, the ’93 Southern California
Firestorm, the Northridge earthquake, and the Kobe earthquake. Many
improvements have been made as a result of this research in community
and government preparedness and response.
He lectures in the United States and around the world
on disaster preparedness and response, teaches for the State of
California, and the National Fire Academy, continues research into
various areas of disaster preparedness and response, and consults
with the government and the private sector. Through his fire department
and consulting work, he has been involved in numerous projects involving
assessments of personnel, procedures, functions, and agencies. He
has also participated in risk analysis and studies of preparedness
and response capabilities. In the field of counter-terrorism, he
has experience in threat and vulnerability assessments, developing
response plans and exercises, and instructs classes in the management
of terrorist incidents. He was involved in response planning for
fire, rescue and EMS for the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympics. He
was recently involved with the Park City, Utah Fire department in
planning and training for response and contingency operations with
special considerations for terrorist attack that involved local,
state, and federal agencies. For the duration of the 2002 Winter
Olympic Games he was the Operations Section Chief of the Incident
Management Team for the Park City Utah Fire Department.
Frank is an active member in the following organizations:
the International Association of Fire Chiefs, Vice President of
the National Institute of Urban Search and Rescue, the International
Association of Emergency Managers, the Earthquake Engineering Research
Institute, the National Association of Urban Search and Rescue,
the Business and Industry Council for Emergency Planning and Preparedness,
the Association of Contingency Planners and the Director of Operations
of the Los Angeles City Fire Department Historical Society. . Prior
to becoming a firefighter, Frank was a Los Angeles City Lifeguard
and is a current member of the LA County Lifeguard Association.
He has completed numerous professional courses, including the National
Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program.
Frank holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Human
Relations and Organizational Behavior from the University of San
Francisco and has a State of California lifetime teaching credential.
He is also a CSTI-certified SEMS/ICS instructor. He has had more
than thirty papers and articles published and received many commendations
and awards for his work.
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