Staff Spotlight...in Hong Kong!

Fire Asia 2018 is an international triennial conference held at the Fire and Ambulance Services Academy in Hong Kong.  This year’s theme is “Join Hands Towards a New Era of Safety”.  Gary Baum, the Fox Valley Career Center Fire Science instructor, was invited to present his research paper entitled “The Potential Reduction of Firefighter Exposure to Carbon-based Carcinogens in Structure Fires Through the Use of Class A Compressed Air Foam Systems.”  Gary’s paper won the Don Munn Outstanding Research Project Award from the U.S. Fire Administration's’ National Fire Academy.
Fire Asia flew Gary to Hong Kong and provided accommodations for him to attend the entire conference from May 7 – May 9, 2018.  Congratulations to Gary on this tremendous professional honor!