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Bob Vaccaro, a long-time loss control and safety expert, shares his knowledge of fire apparatus safety and care in ‘Apparatus Essentials,’ a FireRescue1 original column. Learn about deterring theft, headlight options, ambulance response and more.

Catherine R. Counts, PHD, MHA, is a health services researcher with Seattle Medic One in the Division of Emergency Medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine. She received both her PhD and MHA from Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine.

Dr. Counts has research interests in domestic healthcare policy, quality, patient safety, organizational theory and culture, and pre-hospital emergency medicine. She is a member of the National Association of EMS Physicians and AcademyHealth. In her free time she trains Bruno, her USAR canine.

Connect with her on Twitter, Facebook, or her website, or reach out via email at ccounts@tulane.edu.

Get information on the basic tactics of firefighting from veteran Charles Bailey’s FireRescue1 column, ‘Bread and Butter Basics’. Learn how to attack different types of fires and minimize risk to your crew.

Cheryl Horvath is fire chief of the Tubac Fire District in Arizona. She previously served as executive assistant fire chief with the Golder Ranch Fire District and as fire chief with the Mountain Vista Fire Department, both in Arizona. She is a past president of the International Association of Women in Fire and Emergency Services, and served on the International Association of Fire Chiefs’ FRI program planning committee. She served as an instructor with the Illinois Fire Service Institute for 15 years. Horvath has a master’s degree in public administration from Anna Maria College and a bachelor’s of science degree in program management from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Connect with Horvath on LinkedIn.

Make fire trucks safer with Chris Daly’s colum, ‘Drive to Survive.’ Daly is a safety expert who has spent years developing a curriculum to educate fire apparatus operators about the keys to staying safe on the road.

Code 3 is hosted by award-winning journalist Scott Orr, who has covered the fire/EMS/police beat for most of his 30-plus year career in news. He’s worked around the country in both TV and print. Orr was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease over a decade ago, but that doesn’t stop him from interviewing fire service leaders on issues that concern firefighters around the nation.

Danielle Cortes DeVito A.A.S. NREMT-P is a paramedic, hazmat tech and lead EMS instructor. She is the national spokesperson for the “Hands Only” CPR campaign, a member of the National Society of Safety Engineers and serves on Illinois and stroke advocacy committees. Danielle can be reached at DanielleSpeaks@me.com.

David Dalrymple is a career EMS provider for the RWJUH Emergency Medical Services in New Brunswick, N.J., and he is a volunteer FF/EMT/Rescue Technician for Clinton EMS/Rescue in Clinton, N.J. He has been actively involved with emergency services for 27 years. Dave is the education chair of the Transportation Emergency Rescue Committee - US (TERC), is certified as an international level extrication assessor and serves on the Expert Technical Advisory Board of the International Emergency Technical Rescue Institute as their road traffic accident advisor. He has taught and assessed in North America, Europe, the UK and South Africa. In 2007 he received the coveted Harvey Grant award for excellence in rescue education.

David Blevins is a grant writer with FireGrantsHelp.com, and its sister site, EMSGrantsHelp.com. David has been involved with the fire and emergency services for the past 10 years and holds many certifications including Fire Officer II, Paramedic, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Fire Service Administration from the University of Memphis. David currently serves as Paramedic Program Director for Roane State Community in East Tennessee, and an Emergency Manager in the Tennessee Air National Guard. David has more than three years of grant writing experience, and will bring his out-of-the-box thinking to FireGrantsHelp.com and EMSGrantsHelp.com. David can be reached at david.blevins@firegrantshelp.com.

EMS1.com columnist David Givot, a seasoned EMS employee with three years of law school under his belt, is looking to the future of EMS. He has created TheLegalGuardian.com as a first step toward improving the state of EMS through information and education designed to protect EMS professionals nationwide.