Fire Engineering Mourns the Passing of FDIC Lead Instructor

Scott Millsap, longtime friend to Fire Engineering, FDIC, and FDIC West, passed away at his home September 23 after a long illness.

Scott Millsap was the president of ESE Training Associates, a global emergency response training firm in Dalton, Georgia. He was a retired firefighter-paramedic with more than 25 years of fire-rescue and EMS experience. Fore more than 13 years of his fire service career, he was training officer for the Dalton (GA) Fire Department. He was the incident commander for the 2003 FDIC and FDIC West Hands-on Training programs and an editorial advisory board member of Fire Engineering.

He is survived by his wife, Dixcee, and two daughters.

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