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Scott Kerwood is a student of the fire service. He currently serves as the Fire Chief for Hutto Fire Rescue (www.huttofirerescue.org) in Hutto, Texas. He has also worked as an adjunct instructor for Capella University where he taught Masters and Doctoral classes in homeland security, fire, and emergency management operations, and currently 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.
State Fire Organization
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.
Fire Department
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
New! Quantity Discount for the SAME IFSTA Title!Order 10 to 15 IFSTA Validated Manuals (must be the same title) = 10% Discount
Order 16 to 25 IFSTA Validated Manuals (must be the same title) = 15% Discount
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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.
Fire Department
March 23, 2017
Marsha P. Giesler to be honored with the Award at the 29th Annual National Fire and Emergency Services Dinner in Washington, DC, April 6, 2017
The Congressional Fire Services Institute (CFSI) and the International Fire Service Training Association at Fire Protection Publications, Oklahoma State University (IFSTA/FPP/OSU) are pleased to announce that Marsha P. Giesler has been selected as the 2017 Dr. Anne W. Phillips Leadership in Fire Safety Education Award recipient. Ms. Giesler is the Public Education Officer for Downers Grove Fire Department (IL).
Dr. Lindsay Judah, DPA, CFO, CTO, CEMSO, MIFireE, currently serves as the Fire Rescue Division Chief for St. Petersburg Fire Rescue. She also serves as a Fire & Emergency Services consultant working with national and international organizations. She previously served as a District Fire Chief, as well as a Training Captain for an ISO 1 and CFAI accredited fire department, an EMS/Training Lieutenant, Engineer, Firefighter/Paramedic and Paramedic for a regional hospital in Florida’s capital city. She also participated as a Fire Explorer with Post #952, St. Petersburg Fire Rescue.
Chief Keith Bryant, Oklahoma State Fire Marshal, was awarded the Everett E. Hudiburg Memorial Award during the International Fire Service Training Association’s 88th Annual Validation Conference in July 2021.
Chief Bryant joined the Oklahoma City Fire Department in 1982 after serving as a U.S. Army firefighter/crash rescue specialist for four years. He also served as a firefighter for a short time with the Edmond (OK) Fire Department. He promoted through the ranks of the OCFD, serving in many critical roles along the way. These positions included district/battalion chief, chief training officer, battalion chief of operations and deputy chief of operations. Chief Bryant was appointed fire chief of the OCFD in 2005.
