FIREDRAGON ENTERPRISES

Firedragon Enterprises was begun in 1991, as a consulting firm to the oil industry on educational, operational and legal issues. 
In 1995 Firedragon also became a publishing firm and develops and distributes books on oilheating and HVAC subjects.

CONSULTING
We do 'energy options' consulting for residential and commercial customers. We can advise on fuel switching, conservation and new and replacement fuel oil tanks, retrofit burners and heating systems. We do not provide heating, air conditioning or burner services.

 

 

Firedragon Academy was founded in 1998 and provides seminars that have been developed by George Lanthier. We are an independent educator offering a 'higher degree of learning' for heating service professionals.

We offer certification for most of the industry's training programs and have clients in both the private and public sector including trade associations, manufacturers, wholesalers, government agencies, sub-contractors and service contractors.

We can offer both off-the-shelf programs already developed or customize a program to meet your needs and are the leaders in oilheat curriculum development and implementation.

No one has created, produced and taught more oilheating education programs than us. We are specialists in made to order in-house programs for groups as small as three persons.

In 2009 Firedragon Academy began training on the subjects of both natural and liquid propane gas. This venture was added due to requests from our many gas based clients who have attended our seminars on heating systems and our control schools. 

We provide seminars on many technical subjects in the HVAC area and all of our courses are based on proven material and texts from the industry's leading authors and manufacturers. 

Our goal is to provide our clients with all of their educational needs in the fields of heating, air conditioning and fire codes. 

We offer specific product training programs on many subjects in the HVAC service industry including oilburners, gasburners, wiring and controls, combustion, venting, air conditioning and fuel switching conversions. 

Our educational services include service and training procedures for any level of technical education from apprentice to seasoned veteran. We offer the finest in sales, service, and operation management seminars and consulting.

We promise that our programs are exciting, educational and provocative. Most of our courses are Certified or recognized by the HVAC Excellence, NATE and NORA programs.

We write courses for the industry's largest and best companies, we can write one for you. Please call us for specific programs tailored to your needs. Please keep in mind that although many of our courses run up to 8 hours per day, they can be modified to suit your time block and CEUs will be issued based on the time the program runs for.

We offer programs for schools, wholesalers and manufacturers and specialize in doing 'in-house' programs for heating and cooling contractors, oil companies, home inspectors, chimney sweeps, plumbers and many others.


George Lanthier, George Lanthier, Owner & Chief Instructor
George Lanthier is a nationally known instructor and expert on oil burning equipment and HVAC trade issues. He has been a Massachusetts State Certified Technician since 1967 and State Certified Instructor since 1975. He is the former Technical Director for the Mass Oil Heat Council, and former Chief Instructor and Curriculum Coordinator for the New England Fuel Institute. George brings a veritable gold mine of real life experience and knowledge to the classroom. He is a Certified Instructor and Proctor for the PMEF, NATE, HVAC Excellence and NORA programs. 

George has written articles for Contractor Canada, Fuel Oil News, Fuel Oil & Oilheat, Oilheating, Oil & Energy, Progress, Sweeping and HVAC Insider. His credits as an author include Advanced Residential Oilburners, Combustion & Oil Burning Equipment, The Riello Handbook, and the CMR4.00 Guide. He has also written and edited the Oil Heat Technician’s Manual for the Petroleum Marketing Education Foundation, Petroleum Marketers Association of America, National Association of Oil Heat Service Managers and National Oilheat Research Alliance. 



We are members of:

bulletAmerican Society of Heating Refrigeration and Air-conditioning Engineers
bulletAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers
bulletThe Combustion Institute
bulletFire Prevention Association of Massachusetts
bulletNational Association of Oil Heating Service Managers
bulletNational Fire Protection Association - Education Section

Our clients include:

bulletAmerican Society of Home Inspectors
bulletBay Path Regional Vocational Technical High School
bulletBeckett Corporation
bulletBlackman Supply
bulletCarlin Combustion Technology
bulletChimney Safety Institute of America
bulletCollege of the North Atlantic
bulletFederal Emergency Management Administration
bulletHudson Valley Oil Heat Council
bulletIdaho National Engineering & Environmental Laboratory
bulletIrving Oil Co.
bulletLitco Supply Inc.
bulletMaine Energy Marketers Association
bulletMaine Oil Dealers Association 
bulletMassachusetts Audubon Society
bulletMassachusetts Firefighting Academy
bulletMassachusetts Fire Marshal's Office
bulletMassachusetts Oilheat Council
bulletNational Association of Oil Heating Service Managers
bulletNational Oilheat Research Alliance
bulletNew England Society of Home Inspectors
bulletNew England Fuel Institute
bulletOil Heat Council of New Hampshire
bulletOil Heat Institute of Rhode Island
bulletPetroleum Heat & Power
bulletPlumbing, Heating, Cooling Council of Massachusetts
bulletRiello Burners, North America
bulletVermont Fuel Dealers Association
bulletVirginia Petroleum Jobbers Association
bulletWestern Mass. Home Builders Association
bulletWohler USA  

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Contact Information:
Telephone:
508-421-3490            FAX: 508-421-3477
Postal address:
608 Moose Hill Road, Leicester, MA 01524
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George Lanthier