Clinton H. Smoke is a member and former chair of the National Fire Science Curriculum Committee for Associate Curriculum Development, and the former editor of Fire Command magazine. He is a member of National Fire Protection Association, and is a Director and Secretary for the Fire Protection Technology Educations Section of NFPA, as well as a member of the International Society of Fire Service Instructors. Clinton Smoke is a Certified Fire Protection Specialist. He is currently the chair of the Fire Protection Technology Program at Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College in Asheville, North Carolina, and a member of the Skyland Volunteer Fire Department.