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Susanne Klatt, EFO

Division Chief of Training
Essen Fire Department
Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

Susanne is currently the division chief of training with the Essen, Germany Fire Department and served as a shift DC of operations for 15 years. She is a leader in integrating women into the fire Service in Germany. After high school Susanne studied engineering and holds a Diplom-Ingenieur (Masters) degree in fire and safety engineering and a bachelor degree in psychology. She worked as a safety engineer for an engineering firm on construction sites in Germany and on oil- and gas platforms in the North Sea. She started her career in the fire Service as a volunteer firefighter in 1992 and became a career firefighter in 2001. After joining the career fire Service as a fire officer trainee, she worked as a trainer for leadership, methodology, and fire tactics for the state fire Service College of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Susanne has served as a division chief of operations for 15 years with the Essen Fire Department since 2008 and supervised over 200 fire officers and firefighters on her shift. She still serves as an incident commander for large incidents of all types. She is also responsible for health, safety and environment training within the Essen Fire Department, and is a coordination and environmental expert within the European Union Civil Protection Mechanism. In 2009 Susanne began the Executive Fire Officer Program (US National Fire Academy) and graduated in 2012. In 2006 Susanne co-founded Feuerwehrfrauen, the German network of female firefighters, and has served as its President for 16 years. Susanne spoke at various conferences in the US including FRI, the EFO Symposium, the TEEX Leadership Development Symposium, FDIC, the Women in Fire International Conference, and co-presented at the Vision Keynote during the Microsoft Inspire and Microsoft Ready Conferences in July 2017. She has more than 20 years' experience as an instructor in the fire Service and also spoke at several Conferences in Germany, the Netherlands, the UK, Sweden, Czechia, and Denmark.

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