Michael Callan is a 42 year veteran of the Fire Service. He served as a Captain with the Wallingford, Connecticut Fire Department for 20 years. Mr. Callan has extensive background in hazardous materials response, training emergency responders and industry personnel through the United States. He has a trusted and established track record for developing practical emergency response plans and training programs for industries and public safety professionals. Mr. Callan has keynoted and conducted over 1000 national training conferences. Michael Callan has broad experience in developing and delivering multi-media training programs for industry and public safety. He created and designed Responding to Utility Emergencies online training program for Fire, EMS and Law Enforcement responders.

Mr. Callan has authored key national hazardous materials and firefighting training textbooks including:
- Street Smart HazMat Response
- Responding to Electrical Emergencies - Responding to Natural Gas Mr. Callan has conducted hundreds of Train-the-Trainers throughout the United States on multiple subjects. He is also the developer of the widely adopted Propane Emergencies Training Facilitator's Guide and PowerPoint programs used extensively by the US Fire Service. The training program has been adopted by more than 30 state training fire schools for propane emergencies.

He has conducted energy, pipeline, safety, chemical and emergency response training around the country for Industrial and Municipal Haz-Mat Teams. His clients include corporations and organizations such as Pipeline Association for Public Awareness (PAPA), Com Ed, Xcel Energy, Puget Sound Energy, Wisconsin Utilities Association, Vermont State Fire School, Iowa Fire Service Training Bureau, Illinois State Fire Academy, Laclede Gas, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Northeast Utilities, Louisiana Pacific, Sprint, Pacific Gas and Electric, US DOJ - ATF, NASA & Kennedy Space Center, Duke Energy, General Motors, Ensign-Bickford Industries, Merck, DuPont, IBM, and National Association of State Fire Marshals.