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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.
Scott Kerwood is a student of the fire service. He currently serves as the Fire Chief for Hutto Fire Rescue in Hutto, Texas. He also works as an adjunct instructor for Capella University where he teaches Masters and Doctoral classes in homeland security, fire, and emergency management operations, and serves as an adjunct instructor for the National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program. Scott has a bachelor’s degree in Fire Protection and Safety Engineering Technology from Oklahoma State University, a master’s degree from the University of Oklahoma in Public Administration, and a doctorate in Public Policy from Walden University. Scott is also a graduate of the National Fire Academy’s Executive Fire Office Program. He is a credentialed through the Center for Public Safety Excellence as a chief fire officer, chief emergency medical services officer, and fire marshal.
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Jeffrey Morrissette serves as the State Fire Administrator for the Connecticut Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection’s Commission on Fire Prevention & Control having served in that capacity since 1992. The agency supports Connecticut’s fire service with training (Connecticut Fire Academy), certification, public fire and life safety education, statewide mutual aid coordination and fiscal/administrative services. Prior to appointment as Fire Administrator, he served as the Commission’s Director of Certification, beginning in 1984 and Acting State Director of Fire Training in 1991.
Jeff served as an active volunteer firefighter and Deputy Fire Marshal in his home community retiring in 2020 following 40 years of service.
- Determining the Effectiveness of Self-Instruction as an Educational Method to Impact Volunteer Firefighter Health and SafetyOverview
This project focused on determining the effectiveness of self-instruction as an educational methodology in promoting firefighter safety and health policies and practices within the volunteer fire service. Can self study increase knowledge and change attitudes related to volunteer firefighters and their volunteer fire department?
The research design involved pre- and post surveys, with both treatment and control groups, using volunteer firefighters from five states. The survey focused on issues of firefighter safety, from both a department policy standpoint, as well as, specific individual safety behaviors.
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Bradd Clark is Deputy Fire Chief for Palm Coast Fire Department in Florida. Bradd retired with 24 years in the Oklahoma Fire Service. Bradd served as Fire Chief for City of Owasso, Oklahoma, Fire Chief of the City of Sand Springs, Oklahoma, and Fire Marshal for City of Stillwater, Oklahoma. He also served as adjunct faculty for Oklahoma State University in the School of Fire Protection and Safety Engineering Technology (where he received his bachelor's degree) and in the Fire and Emergency Management Program (where he was the first graduate of the program). He began his fire service career in Poquoson, Virginia, in 1984.
Bradd completed the Executive Fire Officer Program at the National Fire Academy and was the first Chief Fire Officer Designee in the State of Oklahoma from the Commission on Chief Fire Officer Designation
Jonathan Lund is the Fire Marshal for the Des Moines Fire Department. Prior to his promotion to Fire Marshal in June of 2013 he served as the department’s first Fire Protection Engineer. He is a graduate of Oklahoma State University (BS in Fire Protection Engineering & Safety Technology) and Drake University (Masters of Public Administration). Additionally, Jonathan is an Executive Fire Officer, Certified Public Manager, Licensed Professional Engineer (Iowa & Texas - Fire Protection) and graduate of the International Association of Fire Chief’s (IAFC) Executive Development Institute. He has previously served as the President of the Hawkeye State Fire Safety Association and the Iowa Fire Marshals Association.
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Josh Stefancic, a full-time fire service professional since 2001, has been the Fire Chief for the Safety Harbor Fire Department in Safety Harbor, Florida, since 2018. Josh is a graduate of the National Fire Academy's Executive Fire Officer Program and has been part of the IFSTA family since 2009. He has served on many IFSTA validation committees including: Fire Detection and Suppression Systems, Essentials of Fire Fighting, Pumping/Aerial Driver Operator, Company Officer, and Occupational Safety, Health & Wellness. Josh also represents IFSTA on NFPA 1700, Guide for Structural Fire Fighting. Josh was first elected to the IFSTA Executive Board in 2012. He is currently the vice chair of the IFSTA Executive Board.
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STILLWATER, Oklahoma - Tom Jenkins, fire chief for the Rogers Fire Department, Rogers, Arkansas; was reappointed to the International Fire Service Training Association Executive Board during the 2023 IFSTAⓇ Winter Meeting, January 12, 2023.
Tom Jenkins has served as the Rogers Fire Department fire chief since 2009. Prior to his arrival in Arkansas, he served as deputy chief for the Sand Springs Fire Department in Oklahoma.
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