Robert Faas Jr. is a career captain with Montgomery County, MD, Fire & Rescue Service (MCFRS) who has 31 years of experience in the fire service. He is a member of Maryland Task Force 1 Urban Search and Rescue Team, a hazmat officer on the county Hazardous Incident Response Team, a member of the county Technical Rescue Team and an instructor at the Public Safety Training Academy. Faas serves as the vice president of F.O.O.L.S. International and is an instructor for On Scene Training Associates. He has served with fire companies in Charles Town, WV, the Schooley’s Mountain Fire Protection Association in Long Valley NJ, the Rindge, NH, Fire Department and the Sharpsburg, MD, Volunteer Fire Company. Faas was part of committees that were responsible for the development of the New Hampshire RIT program and the MCFRS RIT program and for the redevelopment of the Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute's Safety and Survival Program.