Background
Chris Baldini brings 35 years of fire and EMS experience to the Penn Tactical Solutions team, with a career spanning major-city operations command, national curriculum development, federal incident management, tactical emergency casualty care, and international training delivery.
Chris served as Fire Paramedic Operations Chief with the Philadelphia Fire Department, where he oversaw citywide EMS operations for one of the largest fire departments in the United States, including 55 ambulances and coordinated medical response at major incidents. He co-developed the department's Rapid Assessment Medical Support (RAMS) teams, the Philadelphia model for what is now nationally known as the Rescue Task Force concept, and served as a founding member of the EMS Special Event Response Team.
Chris is a full-time faculty member with the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX), Emergency Services Training Institute, where he serves in the Incident Management Program and teaches incident command and management courses to emergency responders nationwide. His international training portfolio includes work in Egypt, Ukraine, the Republic of Georgia, and the Philippines, where he has trained military and civilian responders in CBRNE, hazardous materials, mass casualty incident response, and decontamination operations.
A subject matter expert in active shooter and hostile event response, Chris contributes to national emergency response standards through multiple national-level organizations. He is a member of the Committee for Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (C-TECC) Guidelines Committee and serves on the C-TECC CBRN Working Group, helping advance evidence-informed guidance for tactical emergency medical care in high-threat and contaminated environments. He has also contributed to work through the Department of Homeland Security Interagency Board and the State University of New York at Albany National Center for Security and Preparedness.
Chris has served as EMS planner for high-profile events including the 2015 Papal Visit and the 2016 Democratic National Convention. He remains active as a paramedic, instructor, and healthcare exercise evaluator, and his instruction draws on three decades of operational command, federal-level subject matter expertise, and the curriculum development experience of a national-faculty trainer.
Chris brings to Penn Tactical Solutions students the same standard of preparation he has delivered to military, federal, public safety, healthcare, and emergency management partners across the United States and around the world.
Specialties
Incident Command System (ICS)
Active Shooter and Hostile Event Response (ASHER)
Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (TECC)
CBRNE Response
Hazardous Materials (HazMat) Operations
Mass Casualty Incident Response
Rescue Task Force / RAMS Operations
HSEEP Exercise Design
Decontamination Operations
EMS Operations Command
Healthcare Exercise Evaluation
