NAFTD 2025 Conference is September 22 to 25, Edmonton, Canada
NAFTD Officers
Executive Director
Executive Director
Executive Director
Executive Director
Executive Director
Name: Ken Willette
Address: North American Fire Training Directors
P. O. Box 1389, Ware, MA 01082
Phone: +1(774)-200-7774
Email: kwillette@naftd.org
Executive Director
President
President
Executive Director
President
Name: Jim Keiken
Address: University of Illinois Fire Service Institute
11 Gerty Dr.Champaign, IL 61821
Phone: +1(217) 300-4275
Fax: +1(217) 244-6790
Email: jkeiken@illinois.edu
Website: http://www.fsi.illinois.edu/
Secretary
Vice president
Secretary
Secretary
Vice president
Secretary
Name: Lisa Pine Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control Division of Fire Safety 690 Kipling Street, Suite 2000, Lakewood, CO Phone: +1(303) 239-5879 Email: lisa.pine@state.co.us Website: https://www.colorado.gov/dfpc
Vice president
Vice president
Vice president
Vice president
Vice president
Name: Caroline Reed
Address: OSU Fire Service Training
1723 W., Tyler Stillwater, OK 74078
Phone: +1(405) 744-3234
Email: creed@osufst.org
Website: http://www.osufst.org
Treasurer
Past President
Treasurer
treasurer
Past President
Treasurer
Name: Brad Wardle
Address: Utah Fire and Rescue Academy
3131 Mike Jense Pkwy, Provo, UT
Phone: +1(801)-863-7709
Fax: +1(801) 863-7738
Email: bradley.wardle@uvu.edu
Website: http://www.uvu.edu/ufra/
Past President
Past President
Past President
Past President
Past President
Name: John Cunningham
Address: Nova Scotia Firefighters School
48 Powder Mill Rd., Waverley, NS B2R 1E9
Phone: +1(902) 861-3823
Fax: +1(902) 860-0255
Email: jcunningham@fireschool.ca
Website: https://fireschool.ca
ABOUT US
Alabama
Name: Matt Russell
Address: Alabama Fire College & Personnel Standards Commission
2501 Phoenix Drive, Tuscaloosa, AL 35405
Phone: +1(205) 391-3751
Fax: +1(205) 391-3757
Email: mrussell@alabamafirecollege.org
Website: http://www.alabamafirecollege.org
Alaska
Colt Graham
Bureau of Fire Accreditation, Standards and Training
Fire Training Administrator
Alaska Department of Public Safety | Office of the Alaska State Fire Marshal
5700 E Tudor Road, Anchorage, AK 99507
907-269-5061
email: colt.graham@alaska.gov
Arizona
Name: Bob Hansen
Address: Arizona Center for Fire Service Excellence
P. O. Box 132, Avondale, AZ 85323
Phone: +1(602) 739-3007
Email: bobsock@aol.com
Website: http://www.azcfse.org
Arkansas
California
Name: Andrew Henning
Assistant Deputy Director –
State Fire Training, Fire & Life Safety,
Code Development & Analysis
CAL FIRE – Office of the State Fire Marshal
Address: PO Box 944246, Sacramento, CA 94244-2460
Phone: 916-568-3800
Email: andrew.henning@fire.ca.gov
Website: https://osfm.fire.ca.gov/divisions/state-fire-training/
Colorado
Name: Lisa Pine
Address: Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control
Division of Fire Safety
690 Kipling Street, Suite 2000, Lakewood, CO
Phone: +1(303) 239-5879
Email: lisa.pine@state.co.us
Website: https://www.colorado.gov/dfpc
Connecticut
Name: P.J. Norwood
Address: Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection
Commission on Fire Prevention & Control
Connecticut Fire Academy
34 Perimeter Road, Windsor Locks, CT 06096
Phone: +1(860) 264-9272
Fax: +1(860) 654-1889
Email: paul.norwood@ct.gov
Website: http://www.ct.gov/cfpc/
Name: Mark Waters
Address: Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection
Commission on Fire Prevention & Control
Connecticut Fire Academy
34 Perimeter Road, Windsor Locks, CT 06096
Phone: +1(860) 627-6363
Email: mark.waters@ct.gov
Website: http://www.ct.gov/cfpc/
Delaware
Name: Tucker Dempsey
Address: 1461 Chestnut Grove Road, Dover, DE 19904
Phone: +1(302) 739-4773
Email: tucker.dempsey@delaware.gov
Website: http://statefireschool.delaware.gov/
Name: Chad Ingram
Address: Delaware State Fire School
1461 Chestnut Grove Road, Dover, DE
Phone: +1(302) 739-4773
Fax: +1(302) 739-6245
Email: chad.ingram@deleware.gov
Website: http://statefireschool.delaware.gov/
Florida
Name: Eugenia L. Tucker
Address: Acting Bureau Chief
Florida State Fire College
Office of Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis
Florida Department of Financial Services, FL
Phone: +1(369)2885
Fax: +1(352) 735-1374
Georgia
Name: Ike McConnell
Address: Georgia Fire Academy
1000 Indian Springs Dr., Forsyth, GA 31029
Phone: +1(478) 993-469
Email: imcconnell@gpstc.org
Website: https://gpstc.org/
Hawaii
Name: Manuel P. Neves
Address: City and County of Honolulu
636 South Street, Honolulu, HI 96813
Phone: +1(808) 723-7101
Fax: +1(808) 723-7111
Email: mneves@honolulu.gov
Website: http://hawaii.gov/labor/sfc/
Idaho
Name: Brad Terry
Program Director/Fire Service
Divison of Career Technical Education
Fire Service Programs
650 West State St.Boise, ID
W: 208-605-4546
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Fire Service Training | Idaho Division of Career Technical Education
Illinois
Name: Jim Keiken
Address: University of Illinois
Fire Service Institute
Phone: +1(217) 300-4275
Fax: +1(217) 244-6790
Email: jkeiken@illinois.edu
Website: http://www.fsi.illinois.edu/
Indiana
Name: John Shafer
Director of Indiana Fire & Public Safety Academy
Address: Indiana Dept. of Homeland Security
302 West Washington Street, Room E-208,
Phone: +1(463)212-3380
Fax:
Email: joshafer@dhs.in.gov
Website: http://www.dhs.in.gov
Iowa
Name: Jess Dunn
Address: Fire Service Training Bureau
Division of State Fire Marshal
Building 3536 (B-59)
7105 NW 70th Avenue, Johnston, IA 50131
Phone: +1(515) 727-3426
Fax: +1(515) 727-3429
Email: dunn@dps.state.ia.us
Website: https://dps.iowa.gov/divisions/state-fire-marshal/fire-service-training
Kansas
Name: Jenn Johnson
Director
Address: Kansas Fire & Rescue Training Institute
1515 St Andrews Drive, Lawrence, KS 66047
Phone: +1 (785)-864-9194
Fax: +1(785) 864-9044
Email: jennjohnson@ku.edu
Kentucky
Name: Marc Rudder
Address: Kentucky Fire Commission
State Fire Rescue Training
110 Cleveland Dr., Paris, KY 40361
Phone: +1(800) 782-6823
Email: marc.rudder@kctcs.edu
Louisiana
Name: Andy Woody
Superintendent
Louisiana Fire & Emergency Training Academy
Address: Louisiana Office of the State Fire Marshal
6868 Nicholson Dr., Baton Rouge, LA 70820
Phone:+1(870)-675-7554
Email: andy.woody@la.gov
Website: http://feti.lsu.edu
Name: Dan Wallis
Address: Louisiana Office of the State Fire Marshal
Louisiana Fire & Emergency Training Academy
6868 Nicholson Dr., Baton Rouge, LA 70820
Phone: +1(225) 925-3623
Email: dan.wallis@la.gov
Website: http://feti.lsu.edu
Maine
Name: Jim Graves
Address: Maine Fire Service Institute
Southern Maine Community College
Mid-Coast Campus at Brunswick Landing
19 Sewall Street, Building 150
Phone: +1(207) 844-2078
Fax: +1(207) 725-9079
Email: jgraves@smccme.edu
Website: https://mfsi.me.edu/
Maryland
Name: Michael E. Cox, Jr.
Address: Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute
University of Maryland
4500 Campus Drive, College Park, MD 20742
Phone: +1(301) 226-9960
Fax: +1(301) 314-1497
Email: mcox@mfri.org
Website: http://www.mfri.org/
Massachusetts
Name: Eric Littmann
Address: Massachusetts Firefighting Academy
Department of Fire https://www.mass.gov/massachusetts-firefighting-ac
Services
P. O. Box 1025, 1 State Road, Stow, MA 01775
Phone: +1(978) 567-3114
Email: eric.littmann@mass.gov
Michigan
Name: Daniel Hammerberg
Address: Bureau of Fire Services
Fire Fighter Training Division
611 Ottawa, 4th Floor
PO Box 30700
Lansing, MI 48910
Phone: +1(906) 399-4399
Email: hammerbergd@michigan.gov
Website: https://www.michigan.gov/bfs
Joe Forro, Deputy Director
Minnesota
Name:John Ehret
Address: Minnesota State Fire Marshal Division
445 Minnesota Street, Suite 455,
Phone: +1(651) 323 -7134
Fax: +1(651) 215-0525
Email: john.ehret@state.mn.us https://dps.mn.gov/divisions/sfm/Pages/default.asp
http://www.montana.edu/wwwfire
http://www.ncdoi.com/osfm
Website: https://dps.mn.gov/divisions/sfm/Pages/default.asp
Mississippi
Name: Kelly Elliot
Address: MS State Fire Academy
#1 Fire Academy USA, Jackson, MS 39208
Phone: +1(601) 932-2444
Fax: +1(601) 932-2819
Email: kelliott@msfa.ms.gov
Website: http://www.mid.ms.gov/fireacad
Missouri
Name: J. Tim Bean
Address: Missouri Division of Fire Safety
Phone: +1(573) 751-2930
Email: tim.bean@dfs.dps.mo.gov
Website: http://dfs.dps.mo.gov/
Name: Greg Landwehr
Address: Missouri Division of Fire Safety
205 Jefferson St., 13th Floor
P. O. Box 844, Jefferson City, MO 65102
Phone: +1(573) 522-1625
Fax: +1(573) 751-1744
Email: greg.landwehr@dfs.dps.mo.gov
Website: http://dfs.dps.mo.gov/
Montana
Name: John Culbertson
Address: Montana State University Extension
Fire Services Training School
750 6th Street SW., Great Falls, MT 59404
Phone: +1(406) 771-4328
Email: john.culbertson@montana.edu
Website: http://www.montana.edu/wwwfire/
Nebraska
Name: Alan Joos
Address: State Fire Marshal - Training Division
3347 W., Capital, Grand Island, NE 68803
Phone: +1(308) 385-6893
Fax: +1(308) 385-6890
Email: alan.joos@nebraska.gov
Website: https://nebraskasfmtd.ne.gov/
Nevada
Name: Dennis Pinkerton
Address: Fire & Hazardous Material Training & Certification
Nevada State Fire Marshal Division
107 Jacobsen Way, Carson City, NV 89711
Phone: +1(775) 684-7520
Fax: +1(775) 684-7507
Email: dpinkerton@dps.state.nv.us
Website: http://fire.state.nv.us/
New Hampshire
Name: Justin A. Cutting
Address: New Hampshire Fire Academy and EMS
NH Department of Safety
Division of Fire Standards and Training
33 Hazen Dr., Concord, NH 03305
Phone: +1(603) 223-4200
Email: justin.a.cutting@dos.nh.gov
New Jersey
Name:Greg Kirkham
Address: Office of Training & Certification
NJ Division of Fire Safety
P. O. Box 809, Trenton, NJ 08625
Phone:
Fax: +1(609) 341-3469
Email:
New Mexico
Name: Austin Meuli
Training Operations Manager
New Mexico Firefighters Training Academy
Address: 600 Aspen Road, Socorro, NM 87801
Phone: +1 (502) 629-3990
Fax: +1(575) 835-7506
Email: Austin.Meuli@dhsem.nm.gov
Website: http://www.nmfireacademy.com
New York
Name: William Davis
Address: NYS Division of Homeland Security & Emergency Services - Office of Fire Prevention & Control
Bldg 7A Floor 2
1220 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12226
Phone: +1(518) 474-6746
Email: william.davis@dhses.ny.gov
Website: http://www.dhses.ny.gov/ofpc
Name: Francis Nerney
Address: NY State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services
Bldg 7A 2
1220 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12226
Phone: +1(518) 474-6746
Fax: +1(518) 474-3240
Email: francis.nerney@dhses.ny.gov
Website: http://www.dhses.ny.gov/ofpc
North Carolina
Name: Brian Taylor
Address: NC Department of Insurance
NC Office of State Fire Marshal
1202 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699
Phone: +1(919) 647-0000
Fax: +1(919) 662-4414
Email: brian.taylor@ncdoi.gov
Website: http://www.ncdoi.com/osfm/
North Dakota
Name: Robert Knuth
Address: 1502 Grumman Ln, Suite 2, Bismarck, ND 58504
Phone: +1(701) 222-2799
Fax: +1(701) 222-2899
Email: rknuth@nd.gov
Website: http://www.ndfa.net
Ohio
Name: Scott King
Address: Ohio Fire Academy
Division of State Fire Marshal
8895 East Main St., Reynoldsburg, OH 43068
Phone: +1(614)644-0523
Cell: (614)961-9541
Fax: +1(614) 752-7111
Email: scott.king@com.state.oh.us
Website: https://www.com.ohio.gov/fire/
Oklahoma
Name: Caroline Reed
Address: OSU Fire Service Training
1723 W. Tyler, Stillwater, OK 74078
Phone: +1(405) 744-3234
Email: creed@osufst.org
Website: http://www.osufst.org
Oregon
Name: Kayla Ballrot
Interim Fire Program Manager
Address: Oregon Dept. of Public Safety Standards & Training
4190 Aumsville Highway, SE., Salem, OR 97317
Phone: +1(503) 569-8325
Email: kayla.ballrot@dpsst.oregon.gov
Website: http://www.oregon.gov/DPSST/
Phil Castle, Director
Phone: +1(503)-931-0178
Pennsylvania
Name: Harvey Boyer
Address: Fire Service Training Administrator
PA State Fire Academy
Lewistown, PA 17044
Phone: (717) 247-3750
Email: haboyer@pa.gov
Website: http://www.osfc.pa.gov
Pennsylvania
Name: David Smyth
Address: Office of the State Fire Commissioner
Pennsylvania State Fire Academy
1150 Riverside Dr., Lewistown, PA 17044
Phone: +1(717) 247-3754
Email: dsmyth@pa.gov
Website: http://www.osfc.pa.gov
Rhode Island
Name: Mark Pare
Address: Rhode Island State Fire Academy
4 Green Ln., Providence, RI 02822
Phone: +1(401) 294-5417
Fax: +1(401) 462-4250
Email: mark.pare@sfm.dps.ri.gov
Website: http://www.fire-marshal.ri.gov
South Carolina
Name :Jason Pope
Superintendent
South Carolina Fire Academy
Address: South Carolina Fire Academy
141 Monticello Trail, Columbia, SC 29203
Office: 803-896-6000
Cell: 803-365-5576
South Dakota
Name: Paul Merriman
Address: South Dakota Department of Public Safety http://www.dps.sd.gov/firemarshal
http://www.dps.sd.gov/firemarshal
State Fire Marshal's Office
118 West Capitol Avenue, Pierre, SD 57501
Phone: +1(605) 773-3562 http://www.dps.sd.gov/firemarshal
Tennessee
Name: Jeff Elliott
Address: TN Fire Service & Codes Enforcement Academy
2161 Unionville-Deason Road, Bell Buckle, TN 37020
Phone: +1(931) 294-4100
Fax: +1(931) 294-4121
Email: jeff.elliott@tn.gov
Texas
Name:
Chris Angerer | Division Director
Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX)
Emergency Services Training Institute (ESTI)
P.O. Box 40006 | College Station, TX 77842-4006
Tel. (979) 500-6864) | Cell (806) 778-2705 | Fax (979) 847-9304 | www.teex.org
1595 Nuclear Science Road
College Station, Texas 77843
Gordon Lohmeyer
Address: ESTI/TEEX
Texas A&M University System
200 Technology Way, College Station, TX 77845
Phone: +1(979) 458-4719
Fax: +1(979) 458-3255
Email: gordon.lohmeyer@teex.tamu.edu
Website: http://www.teex.com/esti
Utah
Name: Brad Wardle
Address: Utah Fire and Rescue Academy
3131 Mike Jense Pkwy, Provo, UT
Phone: +1(801)-863-7709
Fax: +1(801) 863-7738
Email: bradley.wardle@uvu.edu
Website: http://www.uvu.edu/ufra/
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/utahfirerescueacademy/
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ufrafire/
Vermont
Name: Michael Skaza
Address: Vermont Fire Academy
93 Davison Drive, Pittsford, VT 05763
Phone: +1(802) 483-2754
Fax: +1(802) 483-2464
Email: michael.skaza@vermont.gov
Virginia
Name: Jamey Brads
Address: Virginia Department of Fire Programs
1005 Technology Park Drive, Glen Allen, VA 23059
Phone: +1
Fax: +1(804) 371-3407
Email: jamey.brads@vdfp.virginia.gov
Website: http://www.vafire.com
West Virginia
Name: Mark Lambert
Address: WVU Fire Service Extension
2600 Old Mill Road, Weston, WV 26452
Phone: +1(304) 269-0875
Email: mark.lambert@mail.wvu.edu
Name: Ralph McNemar https://extension.wvu.edu/community-business-safet
Address: WVU Fire Service Extension
2600 Old Mill Road, Weston, WV 26452
Phone: +1(304) 269-0875
Email: rwmcnemar@mail.wvu.edu
Wisconsin
Name:
Ward Lyon
Fire Service Education & Training Director
Address: 4822 Madison Yards Way
,5th Floor, North Tower
Madison , WI 53705-9100
Phone: +1(608)-266-7289
Email: ward.lyon@wtcsystem.edu
Wyoming
Name Ian Kraft
Address Fire Prevention and Electrical Safety
2500 Academy Ct., Riverton, WY 82501
Phone: +1(307) 856-6776
Fax: +1(307) 856-6563
Email: ian.kraft@wyo.gov
Website: https://ws.fm.wyo.gov
Alberta
Name: Shawn McKerry
Address: Lakeland College
5704 College Drive, Vermillion, AB T9X 1K4
Phone: +1(780) 581-2029
Fax: +1(780) 853-3008
Email: shawn.mckerry@lakelandcollege.ca
Website: http://www.lakelandcollege.ca
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/91188263
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lakeland.etc/
Washington
Name: Kelly Merz
Address: Washington State Patrol Fire Training Academy
P. O. Box 1273
50810 SE Grouse Ridge Rd
North Bend, WA 98045
Phone: +1(425) 453-3000
Fax: +1(425) 888-3060
Email: kelly.merz@wsp.wa.gov
British Columbia
Name: Lisa Allen
Address: Justice Institute of British Columbia
715 McBride Blvd., New Westminster, BC V3L 5T4
Phone: +1(604) 528-5574
Fax: +1(604) 528-5660
Email: lallen@jibc.ca
Website: http://www.jibc.ca
Manitoba
Name: Brenda Popko
Address: Manitoba Emergency Services College
1601 VanHorne Avenue East, Brandon, MB R7A 5Z9
Phone: +1(204) 726-6844
Fax: +1(204) 726-6847
Emailb: renda.popko@gov.mb.ca
New Brunswick
Name: Douglas Browne
Address: Dept. of Justice & Public Safety
Office of the Fire Marshal
Victoria Health Centre, 2nd Fl.
65 Brunswick St., Fredericton, NB E3B 1G5
Phone: +1(506) 453-2004
Fax: +1(506) 457-4899
Email: douglas.browne@gnb.ca
Website: http://www.ofm.gov.on.ca
Newfoundland and Labrador
Name: Derek Simmons
Address: Fire and Emergency Services – NL
P.O. Box 8700, 25 Hallett Crescent
St. John's, NL A1B 4J6
Phone: +1(709) 729-1608
Fax: +1(709) 729-2524
Email: dsimmons@gov.nl.ca
Website: http://www.gov.nl.ca/fes/
Northwest Territories
Name: Stephen Moss
Address: Municipal & Community Affairs
600, 5201-50 Ave.,Yellowknife, NT X1A 359
Phone: +1( 867) 873-7469
Fax: +1(867) 873-0260
Email: stephen_moss@gov.nt.ca
Website
Nova Scotia
Name: John Cunningham
Address Nova Scotia Firefighters School
48 Powder Mill Rd., Waverley, NS B2R 1E9
Phone: +1(902) 861-3823
Fax: +1(902) 860-0255
Email: jcunningham@fireschool.ca
Website: https://fireschool.ca
Nunavut
Name: Robert Prima
Address: Government of Nunavut
Box 490
Phone: +1(867) 645-8127
Fax: +1(867) 645-8141
Email: rprima@gov.nu.ca
Ontario
Name: Jeff Vanrybroeck
Address: Office of the Fire Marshal and Emergency Managenment
Ministry of the Solicitor Generatl
25 Morton Shulman Ave., 2nd Floor, Toronto, ON M3M 0B1
Phone: +1(437)339-5388
Email: jeff.vanrybroeck@ontario.ca
Website: http://www.ofm.gov.on.ca
Prince Edward Island
Name: Shannon Dumville
Address: Prince Edward Island Firefighters Association
P. O. Box 1173
Charlottetown, PE C1A 7M8
Phone: +1(902) 569-7660
Email: info@peiffa.com
Website: http://www.peiffa.com/
Saskatchewan
Name: Wayne Rodger
Fire Marshal
Address: Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency
964-122 3rd Avenue North
Saskatoon SK,S7K 2H6
Phone: +1(306) 227-1696
Email: wayne.rodger@gov.sk.ca
Yukon
Name: Mike Marcuson
Address: Yukon Fire Marshal’s Office
Box 2703 (C-20)
Phone: +1(867) 667-8236
Fax: +1(867) 667-3165
Email: mike.marcuson@gov.yk.ca
Canadian Armed Forces/Department National Defence
Name: Canadian Armed Forces Fire & CBRN Academy
94 Craftsman Rd.
PO Box 1000 Stn Main
Borden ON LOM 1C0
Phone: +1(705) 424-1200 ext 1254 0r 2572
Fax: +1(705) 423-2344
Email: STG-CFFCA-Ops@intern.mil.ca