Paul Neely

Paul, Industrial Manager, handles product sales, support, installation, and innovative new product development for TFT’s domestic and international industrial partners.

He spent 18 years leading the forces in industrial fire protection and safety, ending that portion of his professional career with position of “Fire Chief”. It was at that time that he fathered and fostered one of the area’s largest volunteer industrial fire brigades. He also worked with Chesterton, Indiana’s Volunteer Fire Department (15 of his 20 years of fire service work), where he served as a Lieutenant, as well as Safety Officer. He is certified as Fire Officer II, Fire Instructor II/III, and works as an adjunct fire instructor at Texas A&M. He attended Southern Illinois University’s Fire Science Management program through the Chicago Fire Academy, and Purdue North Central’s Management Program. He’s been a part of TFT since 1998.