OSA utilizes a cadre of instructors with vast and varying public safety experience.
All of our instructors are current or former public safety professionals.
OSA's Lead Staff
Joseph Bourquin
Christopher Gray
Brittany Cunha
Joseph Bourquin
Founder / CEO
Founder of One Step Ahead Consulting Group, he established OSA in early 2020 to provide enhanced training for the public safety community in Southern New England.
As a 26 year member of the Rhode Island Fire Service, Joe is currently serving the Town of Portsmouth RI as a Lieutenant in the Fire Department. Coordinator for Portsmouth’s ASHE/CVI preparedness & Response.
He was appointed as a career Firefighter in Coventry in 2010, then he was promoted to Lieutenant in 2017. Founder of Coventry’s Rescue Task Force and attached to the Coventry/West Warwick Police Regional SWAT Team. Additionally, he served as the President of Coventry Professional Firefighters IAFF Local 3372, establishing several firefighter safety initiatives still in use today.
Joe with the RI Fire Academy since 2014. He is an I/C for the 12 week Municipal Recruit Training. In 2021 he became the Coordinator for the NFPA 1021 Fire Officer Program. He has served as an adjunct instructor for the CCRI EMT Course, RI CTC Cardiac Program, and AHA CPR Instructor.
He has a positive, practical, and passionate leadership style. Appointed as the Fire Chief for the Nasonville Fire District of Burrillville, RI for 3 years. While working as Chief he joined the Greater Woonsocket Fire Chiefs’ Mutual Aid Association. He worked with area chiefs to establish several initiatives for firefighter safety, training & response.
Working with the RI DOT, Traffic Options LLC, Drive Engineering and RI Municipal Police Academy to develop the online learning platform of the TIMS training, Joe is the Fire/EMS technical advisor on the current project due out 2023.
He has a vast skill set mixed with a wide variety of experience, education, training, and expertise.
“One Step Ahead”
Christopher Gray
Master I/C
Owner/Operator of Truck Co. Manifesto, he established TCM in early 2020 to provide truck company operations training and prop/tool design and manufacture.
Chris has served in the Rhode Island fire service since 1993 starting in the town of Lincoln in the district of Lonsdale becoming a Lt. In 1998. He also was employed by the town of Lincoln rescue service from 1997 to 2003 where he achieved the rank of Lt as well.
In 2003, Chris left Lincoln for a busier department and landed in the city of Central Falls where he is still employed today serving as the Captain of Ladder 1 “ The Sparkle City Truck “. Recently promoted to Battalion Chief and Shift Commander.
Additionally he was a member of Rhode Island’s Urban Search and Rescue Task Force where he was a Rescue Specialist and was a Squad Leader of D Squad. During this time he became an instructor and served as Central Falls Fire Department Training Officer and oversaw their Fire Academy.
In 2015 Chris became a Fire/Arson Investigator and an Assistant Deputy State Fire Marshal. He was sent to URI and became certified in the BCI program (Basic Criminal Investigation). He currently serves on the Rhode Island IAAI committee.
In 2014 he became a Rhode Island Fire Academy instructor where he has achieved Lead Instructor status for the Municipal Fire Academy and became a Technical Rescue Instructor, Aerial Operator Instructor, NFPA 1021/1041 Instructor, R.I.T. Instructor, and an Instructor Coordinator.
He also teaches several other programs for his own company, such as: Street Smart Forceable Entry, Short Staffing Ground Ladders, and Saws for the Fire Service. He is currently working on the Protestor Removal Program that should be done in 2022.
Chris is certified in or has attended several programs. Just a few of which include, Law Enforcement First Responder TECC, BMAP Community Liaison, NFPA 1403 Live Burn Instructor for A & B, ICS 100/ 100-HC / 200 / 300 / 700 / 706 / 800, PER-361 TECC for ICS, TECC, Incident Safety Officer, Incident Response for Supervisors Responding to IED Explosive Incidents, EMS Operations & Planning for Weapons of Mass Destruction, Emergency Response to Terrorism Heavy Rescue Operations, and an instructor for New Mexico Techs Incident Response to Terrorist Bombing program (IRTB).
His commitment to excellence in the fire service and the fire education arena makes him not only a teacher, but a student as well.
“ You can’t train enough for a job that can kill you! “
Brittany Cunha
Executive Coordinator
With the company from its inception, the EC gets it done and is the direct support to all core roles, as well as weekly operational duties and record keeping. Brittany manages our small fleet at OSA.
Brittany joined the ranks of the Little Compton, RI Fire Department as the first female firefighter in the department’s history. She currently holds the following licenses/certifications: AEMT, RI Cardiac, NFPA 1001, 1002, 1072, 1021, Rescue Task Force AWR 3000, OPS 3000, C-TECC, AHA CPR instructor, NRA RSO, ICS 100/200/700/800, as well as an associate degree in Law Enforcement from CCRI.