Founder, Chief William (KEN) Nelms Jr. started the NFC in 1973 to offer training across the Southeast for departments without designated Training Officers. Chief Nelms was one of the Original Instructors for the TAG Burns through the 80s and 90s (Tennessee-Alabama-Georgia Burns). Sons, Trey and Daniel “Chunk” assumed roles as instructors throughout the late 90s and early 2000s. After Chief Nelms retirement, sons continued on legacy by taking over management of company. NFC now travels all over the country teaching and passing on tried and true strategies and tactics.

Nelms Fire Company is composed of fire department veterans from around the country. Our mission is to provide quality and interactive training that expands the knowledge, skills, and abilities of students and their organizations. We pride ourselves on delivering top-shelf fire instruction using street-smart knowledge and tactics that have been proven to work. Our instructors come from some of the busiest and most respected fire departments in the country and will bring you knowledge and skills that cannot be found anywhere else. With more than 130 years of fire service experience, we promise to present programs tailored to your department’s specification, or one of our cornerstone classes already built based on different and common fire ground strategies and tactics.