2018 Fort Lauderdale Fire Expo
October 4th - 6th

Keynote Lecturer

LT. Tim Klett - FDNY - Engine Co. 88

"Managing Risks on the Fireground" 

Tim Klett - Tim is a 35-year Fire Service veteran serving the last 28 years with the FDNY. Tim was a volunteer firefighter in the Newington CT Fire Dept. and is currently a volunteer firefighter with the Montgomery NY Fire Dept. He was also a paid firefighter with the City of New Britain CT Fire Dept. for 4 years until his appointment to the FDNY in 1990. Tim is now a Lieutenant on Engine 88 in the Bronx after spending many years on Engine 69, one of FDNY’s busiest Engines. Tim is the lead HOT instructor for FDTN Academy’s engine operations program and is the author of FDTN’s “Stretching and Operating the first line” Tim has been lead instructor for FDIC’s, FDIC West’s live burn Hot program and has taught engine operations at Firehouse expo, Orlando Fire Conference, Wichita HOT, Andy Fredrick’s Days, Black hawk fire conference, The New York State Chiefs Show, NYSAFC Seminar series and Company Officer leadership series, HROC conference and the Fort Lauderdale Fire Expo .Tim was also a member of the FDNY’s R&D team which provided the FDNY’s PSS system. Tim has also written articles for Fire Engineering, Firehouse and Firehouse.com, FDTN training magazine and Size-up magazine for many years. Tim has also given Engine company training to numerous Fire departments throughout the country