Robert W. Graff Jr.
Robert W. Graff Jr. is a Fire and Emergency Medical Services expert with over 30 years of experience in Fire Suppression, Emergency Medical Services, Technical Rescue, Hazardous Materials Response, and Public Safety Administration. His areas of expertise include Fire Department Policies and Practices, Fire and EMS Response, Firefighter and Paramedic Standards of Care, EMS Delivery Systems, Incident Command Systems, Urban Search and Rescue, Staffing and Deployment Analysis, Community Risk Assessments, and Department Strategic Planning. Robert is widely recognized for his operational leadership, disaster response experience, and extensive work helping fire departments and emergency service agencies improve emergency response capabilities and public safety outcomes.
Robert currently serves as Deputy Chief of Operations for Marion County Fire Rescue in Florida, where he oversees more than 800 personnel operating from 29 career fire and EMS stations serving approximately 420,000 residents. He also serves as a Florida ESF-4/9 Incident Support Team Leader and as Program Manager and Task Force Leader for Florida Urban Search and Rescue Task Force 8. Throughout his career, he has led or supported responses to major disasters, including the Surfside condominium collapse and numerous statewide emergency response operations.
In addition to his operational leadership, Robert serves as a Senior Consultant and Project Manager with Emergency Services Consulting International (ESCI), where he has conducted staffing studies, standards of cover evaluations, strategic plans, deployment analyses, and organizational assessments for fire and EMS agencies throughout the United States. He is also a nationally recognized instructor in fire service operations, emergency medical services, incident command, technical rescue, hazardous materials response, emergency management, and public safety administration.
Today, Robert serves as a Fire & Emergency Medical Services Expert with Evidence Solutions, Inc., leveraging his operational, consulting, and instructional experience to assist attorneys in matters involving fire department operations, emergency medical services, emergency response policies and procedures, and compliance with recognized industry standards.
- Emergency Medical Services
- Fire
- Fire Sprinkler Systems
- Hazardous Materials
- Rescue
- Q: Please list your professional accreditations, degrees, licenses, and certificates granted:
- A: • Chief Fire Officer Designation
• Certified Tactical Paramedic
• Florida State Certified Safety Officer
• National Proboard Accreditation for Fire Officer IV
• Fire Service Instructor III, Bureau of Fire Standards and Training
• Fire Officer IV, Florida Bureau of Fire Standards and Training
• Fire Officer III, Florida Bureau of Fire Standards and Training
• Fire Officer II, Florida Bureau of Fire Standards and Training
• Bachelors of Applied Science, Public Safety Administration
• Live Fire Training Instructor
• Fire Officer I, Florida Bureau of Fire Standards and Training
• Pump Operator, Florida Bureau of Fire Standards and Training
• Hazardous Materials Technician, Florida Bureau of Fire Standards and Training
• Fire Instructor I, Florida Bureau of Fire Standards and Training
• A.A., Associate in Arts, Central Florida Community College
• A.S., Associate in Science, EMS, Central Florida Community College
• Paramedic, Santa Fe Community College
• Minimum Standards Firefighting, Bureau of Fire Standards and Training
• Emergency Medical Technician, Santa Fe Community College - Q: Please list your affiliations or memberships in any professional and/or industry organizations:
- A: - International Association of Firefighters
-The Florida Professional Firefighters
- The North Central Florida Professional Firefighters Gator Fire Council
-The Professional Firefighters of Marion County, Local 3169
-Marion County Firefighters Benevolence Fund
-Costal Conservation Association
-Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society
- Fraternal Order of Leatherhead Society (FOOLS)
- Q: Please list any teaching or speaking experience you have had, including subject matter:
- A: • Florida State Fire College/ CTAE Instructor
• Live Fire Instructor
• Fire Service Course Delivery
• Fire Service Course Design
• Hazardous Materials Technician Train the Trainer
• Fire and Life Safety Educator I - Q: Have any of your accreditations ever been investigated, suspended or removed? (if yes, explain)
- A: No.
- Q: What services do you offer? (E.g.: consulting, testing, reports, site inspections etc.)
- A: Expert Witness reports, deposition, and testimony. Emergency Services consulting.
- Q: What is your hourly rate to consult with an attorney?
- A: Available upon request
- Q: What is your hourly rate to review documents?
- A: Available upon request
- Q: What is your hourly rate to provide deposition testimony?
- A: Available upon request
- Q: What is your hourly rate to provide testimony at trial?
- A: Available upon request
- Q: Please list any fees other than those stated above (E.g.: travel expenses, copy fees, etc.)
- A: Available upon request
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