Chris Kahl is a Fire Captain for the City of Portland Fire Department and an adjunct instructor in the Texas A&M TEEX program. He has served in the fire service for a total of 25 years with the past 18 years being a career firefighter. Captain Kahl is a rescue specialist with Texas A&M Task Force 1 and completed his US&R Rescue Specialist in 2016. Previously Captain Kahl has been on the Fire and Life Safety Educator ad-hoc curriculum committee and is currently on the Health and Wellness committee along with the Technical Rescue ad-hoc curriculum committee. Captain Kahl holds many certifications from TCFP that include Master Firefighter, Master Inspector, Master Investigator, Driver/Operator, Aerial Driver/Operator, Instructor III, Fire Officer IV, Incident Safety Officer, Basic Wildland Firefighter, Hazardous Materials Technician, Fire and Life Safety Educator II and Plan Examiner. His Pro-Board certifications are in Rope Rescue Technician, Confined Space Technical Rescue II, Trench Rescue Technical Rescue II, Fire Officer IV, and Hazardous Materials Technician. Through FEMA Captain Kahl has taken NIMS 100, 200, 300, 400, 800 and 900 of the Incident Command System.