Sessions
Emergency Response Risk Management for Confined Space
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM Thu
Chris Koester | Biography
Chris Koester is a safety consultant and the owner of Priority One Safe-T, LLC, an industrial emergency response safety training and rescue services firm. He has over 20 years of experience in Public Fire Service and Industrial emergency response, holds numerous firefighting and instructor certifications, and is internationally recognized as an expert in confined space entry and rescue. In addition to providing safety training, emergency response consulting and rescue services for his clients, Chris teaches Confined Space Entry and Rescue, Hazmat, Fall Protection and Rope Rescue, and Medical Response classes with hands-on technical training at the Northeast Rescue Training Center in Pryor, OK. Chris has been a Hazardous Materials Technician for over 15 years and is a member of the Southwest Missouri Incident Support Team, the Hazardous Materials Training and Research Institute (HMTRI), the Partnership for Environmental Technology Education (PETE), the Community College Consortium for Health & Safety Training (CCCHST), the National Institute of Environmental Health and Safety (NIEHS) and the American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP). He is also a frequent contributing author for Occupational Health & Safety Magazine (OHS) and a guest speaker for the OHS Webinar series.