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Oklahoma A&M College (which was renamed Oklahoma State University in 1957) assumed the role of state fire training agency from the Oklahoma State Firefighters Association in 1931. W. Fred Heisler, a vocational instructor from Ponca City, Oklahoma, was hired to manage the program. In that same year, Oklahoma A&M, along with several other partners, co-published a fire training manual titled Essentials of Firemanship. Blackwell, Oklahoma Fire Chief John Taplin had written this text.

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In support of the Oklahoma State University mission, and in partnership with the International Fire Service Training Association, the mission of Fire Protection Publications is to be the fire service leader in producing high quality, technically accurate, state-of-the-art, and affordable fire training and educational materials.

Steve Ashbrock recently retired as Fire Chief of the Madeira & Indian Hill (OH) Joint Fire District, serving in that capacity for 19 years. He has previous fire service affiliation with the Reading (OH) Fire Department, 5 years as Fire Chief. He has a total of 43 years active fire service experience.

Steve has a Masters of Public Administration (MPA) degree from the University of Cincinnati and is a graduate of the National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer (EFO) program.

He is Chairperson of the Ohio Fire Executive (OFE) program Oversight Committee. The Ohio Fire Executive (OFE) program, in its 24th year of operation, is a development program for junior/ascending fire officers in Ohio. The program is sponsored by the Ohio Fire Chief’s Association Charitable Trust. The OFE program was honored by the International Association of Fire Chief’s as its Outstanding Fire Service Program for 2003.

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Mike Wieder began his fire service career in 1979 as a volunteer firefighter in his hometown of Pennsburg, Pennsylvania. While completing undergraduate and graduate degrees in fire protection, occupational safety and health, and adult education from Northampton (Pennsylvania) Community College and Oklahoma State University, Mike began his career as a student employee at IFSTA/Fire Protection Publications at OSU in 1984. He promoted through the ranks to his current position of Associate Director. In 2009, he was also elected as the Executive Director of IFSTA.