LSC October Topic: Life Safety Code

Dr. Duane Hagelgans has been involved in the emergency services for over 45 years. He teaches both undergraduate and graduate level courses in Emergency Management at Millersville University. In addition, he does research through Millersville’s Center for Disaster Research and Education. His research includes issues involving Disaster Preparedness from both the responder aspect and the community aspect, specifically in areas of leadership.

He has been working and volunteering in the field of emergency management for over 30 years. He retired in 2011 from the City of Lancaster, Bureau of Fire, where he held numerous positions including Emergency Management Coordinator. He was appointed as the Emergency Management Coordinator for a regional emergency management zone in Millersville Borough and Manor Township by the Governor of Pennsylvania in 2011.

Duane serves on the South-Central Pa. Task Force (SCTF), a nine-county regional emergency management task force. As a member of the SCTF Incident Management Team he was one of the responders to the 2006 Nickel Mines Amish School shooting.

Duane has given presentations both nationally and regionally on issue of emergency management. He is an instructor for various FEMA’s courses. He has also taught courses for the United States Fire Administration, also assisting in course development, most recently with the course redesign for two new ICS courses.

Duane has numerous local, state and federal certifications, and sits on various emergency management committees, including IAEM’s Conference Committee serving as the Conference Committee Chair for IAEM’s International Conference for the past five years.

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