BRANDON W. GRAHAM
Associate Director
Office of Homeland Security
Center for Preparedness and Resilience
The GeorgeWashingtonUniversity
Washington, DC
Mr. Brandon W. Graham currently serves as the Associate Director in the Office of Homeland Security, Center for Preparedness and Resilience at The George Washington University (GWU) in Washington, DC. His career in emergency services spans more than 18 years, with extensive professional experience across the public safety continuum.
Mr. Graham started his career in Emergency Medical Services (EMS) as a 911 call taker, EMS dispatcher, and Emergency Medical Technician in northern California. He later served in the District of Columbia Fire and EMS Department (DCFEMS) in Washington, DC, as a paramedic, Continuous Quality Improvement officer (EMS sergeant), and EMS Field supervisor (EMS lieutenant). During his tenure at DCFEMS, he was also a Special Operations EMS supervisor and Special Investigations officer.
Mr. Graham served the District of Columbia as a reserve police officer for the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), where he was a Patrolman First Class and Tactical Medical officer on the Emergency Response Team. As the Tactical Medical officer, he provided operational and medical planning and response support for high-risk incidents, including hostage situations, warrant service, barricade subjects, and civil disturbances. Additionally, he served as a Tactical Flight officer in the MDP Air Support Unit.
Mr. Graham had the responsibility of responding to and supervising events including routine medical, fire, and criminal emergencies, mass casualty incidents, mass transit emergencies, civil disturbances, and acts of terrorism. He also planned for, responded to, and supervised special events such as Presidential and other VIP gatherings, high-profile summits and conventions, Inaugurations, and a wide variety of mass public gatherings in the Nation’s Capital.
Before joining GWU, Mr. Graham served at the Texas Engineering Extension service in the Texas A&M University System as a Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) instructor and WMD Operations Program coordinator of a U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) training program that provides terrorism and hazardous materials training to first responders and first receivers across the United States and its territories. Today, he continues to support other National Domestic Preparedness Consortium training partners as adjunct faculty for several DHS WMD training programs. In addition to providing lectures and training programs around the world, he is also a published author and recognized subject matter expert in the field of public safety response to terrorism and other large-scale incidents.
Mr. Graham obtained his B.S. in EMS management from GWU and is currently pursuing graduate studies in public safety and security leadership at GWU, concentrating on the integration of medical intelligence and information sharing into the domestic intelligence apparatus.
May 27, 2009