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Battalion Chief (Retired)
Overland Park Fire Department
The Villages, Florida, United States
Retired in 2018 as Chief of the Emergency Response Division for the Kansas Office of the State Fire Marshal. Chief DuPont provided oversight and management of nine regional hazardous materials teams and seven rescue task forces in the state of Kansas. He retired from the City of Overland Park Kansas Fire Department in 2012 where he was Special Operations Chief in-charge of HazMat, Technical Rescue, and Homeland Security. Chief DuPont has over 38 years of fire service experience, and currently is an instructor for Hazardous Materials Response at a state and national level. He recently was involved in the Jack Rabbit II project for large-scale chlorine release and was an SME for the development of the NFA Advanced Science of Hazardous Materials Response course. Chief DuPont was involved in a wide array of projects including Senior Project Officer for the Harris County (Texas) Multi-Agency Gap Analysis. Chief DuPont has also been an adjunct instructor the National Fire Academy, Johnson County Community College Hazardous Materials Program, and field instructor for the University of Kansas Fire Rescue Training Institute and the University of Missouri. He holds an Associate Degree in Fire Protection and a bachelor’s degree in Management of Public Safety.