MEET THE AUTHOR
JoAnne Hildebrand
JoAnne Hildebrand is the Academic Director of Fire Science at University of Maryland University College (UMUC), holds the rank of Collegiate Associate Professor, and chairs the USFA National Fire Academy (NFA) Degrees-at-a-Distance Higher Education Consortium. She is the author of the Instructor’s Guide to Hazardous Materials, Managing the Incident (1st and 2nd editions) and the Student Workbook to Hazardous Materials: Managing the Incident, 2nd. ed. She has also authored and taught a number of online courses at UMUC and has served on numerous Degrees-at-a-Distance Course Guide development teams at the National Fire Academy. She has taught, “Managerial Issues in Hazardous Materials,” a 400-level course required for the major in fire science at UMUC, for more than 10 years using Hazardous Materials: Managing the Incident as the primary textbook.
JoAnne was a founding member of NFPA Technical Committee on Occupational Safety and Health (NFPA-1500) and served on the committee for nine years. As a consultant to her family business, she contributes to operational readiness reviews for emergency response teams and provides advice in emergency planning for industry and public safety.
JoAnne received her M.A. and B.A., Magna cum laude, with the University of Maryland at College Park. She is a recipient of the University of Maryland University College’s 2000 Stanley J. Drazek Teaching Excellence Award.
JoAnne Hildebrand
JoAnne Hildebrand is the Academic Director of Fire Science at University of Maryland University College (UMUC), holds the rank of Collegiate Associate Professor, and chairs the USFA National Fire Academy (NFA) Degrees-at-a-Distance Higher Education Consortium. She is the author of the Instructor’s Guide to Hazardous Materials, Managing the Incident (1st and 2nd editions) and the Student Workbook to Hazardous Materials: Managing the Incident, 2nd. ed. She has also authored and taught a number of online courses at UMUC and has served on numerous Degrees-at-a-Distance Course Guide development teams at the National Fire Academy. She has taught, “Managerial Issues in Hazardous Materials,” a 400-level course required for the major in fire science at UMUC, for more than 10 years using Hazardous Materials: Managing the Incident as the primary textbook.
JoAnne was a founding member of NFPA Technical Committee on Occupational Safety and Health (NFPA-1500) and served on the committee for nine years. As a consultant to her family business, she contributes to operational readiness reviews for emergency response teams and provides advice in emergency planning for industry and public safety.
JoAnne received her M.A. and B.A., Magna cum laude, with the University of Maryland at College Park. She is a recipient of the University of Maryland University College’s 2000 Stanley J. Drazek Teaching Excellence Award.