About Decision Point Associates, Inc.

The Company

Decision Point Associates, Inc., (DPA) is a leading provider of hazard recognition education information and is based in Denver, Colorado, U.S.A. In business since 1992, DPA has conducted Hazard Recognition Plus™ (HRP) training and field coaching services in more than a dozen countries for numerous multi-national companies. In total, DPA has trained over 100,000 people in the HRP Process.

Our Mission

DPA believes that every worker has a right to go home from their workplace free of harm. Every effort made to help workers, work teams, and companies understand how to recognize and manage hazards increases the possibility that jobs will be performed safely. DPA's Mission Statement reflects our commitment to this important belief:

"We create and provide dynamic and effective hazard recognition information
to educate workers world-wide."

The DPA Team

DPA's product development team members represent a variety of skill sets including product design, technical writing, electronic media and technology, quality review, graphic representation, production, and printing. With over eighteen years of experience developing safety training and coaching products and a collective team expertise spanning nearly four decades, DPA prides itself in offering the best quality hazard recognition education materials in the world. We constantly evolve and improve the HRP Process to contribute positive culture changes in alignment with our clients' incident prevention journey.

DPA is headed by Michael A. Fleming, CSP, with more than 33 years of health, safety, and environmental experience. Mr. Fleming holds a B.S. Degree in Fire Protection and Safety Engineering Technology from Oklahoma State University and an M.B.A. in Engineering Management from the University of Dallas, Dallas, Texas. Michael Fleming provides the primary creative direction within DPA as the company continuously improves its HRP Process.

Dr. R. Farley Fleming, Ph.D., has more than a decade of experience as a risk management analyst. He directs development and improvement of the HRP Process products including classroom training packages, computer-based training applications, language translations, and multi-national field versions. Dr. Fleming holds a B.S. Degree in Zoology (Chemistry minor) from Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas; a Ph.D. in Geology from the University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado,; and a Master of Laws in Natural Resource Studies from the University of Denver College of Law, Denver, Colorado.

DPA has created a network of HRP certified safety professional companies (Associates) to act as coaching and training delivery teams in specialized industries and in certain geographic areas. These Associates use the HRP Process to coach and train client personnel.