Michael D. McCabe, EFO, is the U.S. Fire Administration’s education program specialist. His occupation is supporting the professional development criteria and activities of the nation’s fire and emergency responders. McCabe is an Air Force veteran, having served in Southeast Asia as an Emergency Action Controller in a 17th Air Division Command Center (1972–1974). He is a retired firefighter from the city of Thornton, CO, having served 25 years as a paramedic, hazmat technician, public educator, and station officer. McCabe has earned an associate’s degree in fire science technology from Red Rocks Community College in Denver, a bachelor’s degree in fire service management from Western Oregon University in Monmouth, OR, and a bachelor’s degree in communications from Metropolitan State University in Denver. In 2015, he earned the Executive Fire Officer certificate from the National Fire Academy.