Hank Christen

Hank has been a consultant in the fields of emergency response and counter-terrorism for Department of Defense agencies, federal response agencies, and local government public safety agencies since 2000.

He was previously a Battalion Chief for the Atlanta Fire Department and Director of Emergency Services for Okaloosa County, Florida. He served as Unit Commander for the Gulf Coast Disaster Medical Assistance Team (DMAT) and has responded to twelve national level disasters including the 2001 World Trade Center Attack.

Hank Christen is a contributing editor for Fire House Magazine and has published over thirty articles in technical journals. He is the co-author (with Paul Maniscalco) of The EMS Incident Management System (Brady, 1998), and Understanding Terrorism and Managing its Consequences (Prentice Hall 2002), and Terrorism Response – Field Guide for Law Enforcement (Prentice Hall 2002).

His latest book is National Incident Management System – Principles and Practices (Jones and Bartlett, 2005).

Hank Christen is a graduate of the University of Florida, and has a Master of Public Administration degree. He is currently engaged in dissertation research on the infrastructure requirements for high-fidelity medical simulations in the Doctor of Education program at the University of West Florida. His doctoral specialty is Human Performance Technology.