Assistant Chief Paul LeSage works for Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue, an agency serving over 430,000 people in the Portland, OR Metro Region (www.tvfr.com). He has over 30 years of experience as a fire fighter, paramedic, flight paramedic, command officer, and educator, and has degrees in Organizational Communications and Sciences. He is on the faculty at Oregon Health Sciences University as a Clinical Assistant Professor, and lectures nationally in the emerging fields of Fire and EMS Crew Resource Management, Critical Decision Making, High Reliability, and Deployment. Paul also built a publishing business from the ground up, and has authored several Fire and EMS Field Guides, along with articles and book chapters related to deployment and decision making.
