Scott Oswald, a 12-year veteran of the fire service, is a battalion chief with the Inver Grove Heights (MN) Fire Department and the hazmat manager for the Dakota County Special Operations Team. He has a master’s degree in public safety & law enforcement leadership and an associate degree in fire science technology. He served a key role on the Station Design Committee that implemented cancer prevention recommendations into a newly built fire station. He was also one of the developers of the Inver Grove Heights Fire Department’s firefighter post-fire on-scene decontamination policy.