Captain Lance Schneider serves with the City of Federal Heights Fire Department in Colorado, where he has worked for 14 years and held the rank of Captain since 2019. With more than 20 years in the fire service, he also teaches part-time at Arapahoe Community College’s EMS Academy. He is in the last year of his PhD studies in the Fire and Emergency Management program at Oklahoma State University. His research focuses on preparedness, prevention, risk theory, and connecting professional experience with scholarly inquiry to advance resilience and operational readiness in fire and emergency services.
