Lt. Bassel Ibrahim – Orlando Fire

Over a 20-year student of the fire service, Bassel is currently serving as the Company Officer of Tower 1 on the Orlando Fire Department, Bassel started his career in Volusia County, FL. Spent most of his time on Special Operations units (Orlando Heavy Rescue 1 & Tower 6, Volusia Squad 35 & 23) and was a member of FL Task Force 9 for 7 years. He is a Florida Smoke Diver, Georgia F.L.A.M.E.S graduate and teaches Truck School, VES and RIT operations at many conferences around the country (Orlando Fire Conference, Fort Lauderdale Fire Expo, FDIC, Firehouse Expo, Fire Rescue East, Bridgeport fire expo and BOTO Conference, County Fire Tactics, Fireground Commanders Conference.)

He is the owner and lead instructor of PRO (Proactive Rescue Operations), an international training company that focuses on RIT, Survival and Truck operations.
Bassel leads the Orlando FD new hire PT programs, the Orlando competition teams and teaches the USAR series at the state level. Bassel has also presented lectures and workshops to many fire conferences, local fire departments and FOOLS chapters; including FDIC 2025. He also has taken part in podcasts and interviews with Cigars City FOOLS, Truck Company Misfits, National Rescue Consultants, the Scrap Firehouse Vigilance, Can man radio show and 3 point firefighter podcast. Bassel has published a couple articles on RIT Operations for Fire Engineering and another for Fire Rescue 1 and Fire Chiefs Magazine. He also serves as a panelist for a Mayday series webinar hosted by Fire Rescue1 and has been a guest speaker on the Humpday Hangout. 

Registration Opens October 1, 2025 for Association members.

$50 fee per SCSFA member for the entire weekend. Non-members will have a higher fee.

Registration for SC State Firefighters’ Association MEMBERS ONLY will open October 1, 2025. (Staff will verify membership before final rosters are completed)
Open enrollment to include non-members will open November 1, 2025.