Nicholas Papa is a lieutenant with the New Britain (CT) Fire Department, where he has served since 2004. Nick is presently a lieutenant with the New Britian (CT) Fire Department, where he has served for more than 13 years, and previously volunteered in a neighboring suburb. Nick contributes to Fire Engineering magazine, and is the author of the Lights Out video (Fire Engineering Books & Videos). He has been an FDIC classroom instructor since 2017. He is the lead instructor and owner of the fire training organization Fireside Training. Nick was also a UL-FSRI technical panelist for the Study on Coordinated Fire Attack in Acquired Structures.