The International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) is a network of more than 12,000

fire chief A fire chief or fire commissioner is a top executive rank or commanding officer in a fire department. Nomenclature Various official English-language titles for a fire chief include ''fire chief'', ''chief fire officer'' and ''fire commissioner' ...

s and emergency officers.''International Association of Fire Chiefs''
Accessed November 2, 2012 The Association was established in 1873 with John S. Damrell as president. It is headquartered in

Chantilly, Virginia Chantilly is a census-designated place (CDP) in western Fairfax County, Virginia. The population was 24,301 as of the 2020 census. Chantilly is named after an early-19th-century mansion and farm, which in turn took the name of an 18th-century p ...

, United States. The President and Chair of the Board is Kenneth Stuebing, Fire Chief, Halifax Regional Fire & Emergency, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The CEO and Executive Director is Rob Brown.

Presidents

The following were presidents: *2022 Donna Black - Duck, North Carolina *2021 Kenneth Stuebing - Halifax, Nova Scotia *2020 Richard R. Carrizzo - Southern Platte, MO *2019 Gary Ludwig -

Champaign, IL Champaign ( ) is a city in Champaign County, Illinois, United States. The population was 88,302 at the 2020 census. It is the tenth-most populous municipality in Illinois and the fourth most populous city in Illinois outside the Chicago metropo ...

*2018 Dan Eggleston -

Albemarle County, VA Albemarle County is a county (United States), county located in the Piedmont region of Virginia, Piedmont region of the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Virginia. Its county seat is Charlottesville, Virginia, Charlottesville, which i ...

*2017 Tom Jenkins -

Rogers, AR Rogers is a city in Benton County, Arkansas, United States. Located in the Ozarks, it is part of the Northwest Arkansas region, one of the fastest growing metro areas in the country. Rogers was the location of the first Walmart store, whose corpo ...

*2016 John Sinclair - Kittitas Valley, WA *2015 Rhoda Mae Kerr -

Austin, TX Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of Texas, as well as the seat and largest city of Travis County, with portions extending into Hays and Williamson counties. Incorporated on December 27, 1839, it is the 11th-most-populous city ...

*2014 G. Keith Bryant -

Oklahoma City, OK Oklahoma City (), officially the City of Oklahoma City, and often shortened to OKC, is the capital city, capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The county seat of Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, Oklahoma County, it ranks List of Uni ...

*2013 William R. Metcalf - Fallbrook, CA *2012 Henry C. Clemmensen - Inverness, IL *2011 Albert H. Gillespie - North Las Vegas, NV *2010 John E. Parow - Chelmsford, MA *2009 Jeffrey D. Johnson - Tualatin Valley, OR *2008 Larry J. Grorud - Janesville, WI *2007 Steven P. Westermann - Central Jackson Co., MO *2006 James B. Harmes - Grand Blanc, MI *2005 William D. Killen - Kingsport, TN *2004 Robert A. DiPoli - Needham, MA *2003 Ernest Mitchell Jr. - Pasadena, CA *2002 Randy R. Bruegman - Milwaukie, OR *2001 John M. Buckman III - Evansville, IN

1901-2000

*2000 Michael R. Brown - Port Orchard, WA *1999 Luther L. Fincher Jr. - Charlotte, NC *1998 Richard A. "Smokey" Dyer - Lee's Summit, MO *1997 Richard A. Marinucci - Farmington Hills, MI *1996 R. David Paulison - Metro Dade County, FL *1995 P. Lamont Ewell - Oakland, CA *1994 Thomas L. Siegfried - Altamonte Springs, FL *1993 Philip D. McGouldrick - Cape Elizabeth, ME *1992 Gary L. Nichols - Sedgewick County, KS *1991 James L. Halsey - Troy, MI *1990 W. David Hilton - Cobb County, GA *1989 M.H. Jim Estepp - Prince George's Co., MD *1988 Ronny J. Coleman - Fullerton, CA *1987 Warren E. Isman - Fairfax County, VA *1986 Robert H. Ely - Kirkland, WA *1985 Ben Vossenaar - Rotterdam, Netherlands *1984 Gerard A. Carle - Dracut, MA *1983 Douglas R. Pollington - Cambridge, Ontario *1982 Charles Kamprad - St. Louis, MO *1981 E. Stanley Hawkins - Tulsa, OK *1980 Jack Lee - Charlotte, NC *1979 R.S. Rockenbach - Grayslake, IL *1978 James H. Shern - Pasadena, CA *1977 John Swindle - Birmingham, AL *1976 Myrle K. Wise - Denver, CO *1975 David B. Gratz - Montgomery Co., MD *1974 John F. Hurley - Rochester, NY *1973 Beverley Wade New - Minos, Nova Scotia *1972 Lawrence L. Kenney - Miami, FL *1971 Curtis W. Volkamer - Chicago, IL *1970 Matthew Jiminez - Hayward, CA *1969 Walter H. Carter - Lynn, MA *1968 Edward A. Beadle - Union City, NJ *1967 Calvin Weatherly - Wyrick Greensboro, NC *1966 Lester R. Schick - Davenport, IA *1965 Adrian J. Meyers - Grand Rapids, MI *1964 Reginald F. Swanborough - Hamilton, Ontario *1963 Raul Gandara - Santurce, Puerto Rico *1962 Lewis A. Marshall - Providence, RI *1961 Edward F. Deignan - Elizabeth, NJ *1960 William J. Taylor - Burbank, CA *1959 A.H. Lintelman - Baytown, TX *1958 Reynold C. Malmquist - Minneapolis, MN *1957 Donald S. Charles - Charlotte, NC *1956 Wayne E. Swanson - Rockford, IL *1955 William Fitzgerald - Seattle, WA *1954 C. Gray Burnett - Ottawa, Ontario *1953 Henry G. Thomas - Hartford, CT *1952 George R. McAlpine - Oklahoma City, OK *1951 Rudolph H. Swanson - Coral Gables, FL *1950 John H. Alderson - Los Angeles, CA *1949 William J. Cawker - Topeka, KS *1948 Henry R. Chase - Miami, FL *1947 Frank C. McAuliffe - Chicago, IL *1946 Charles A. Delaney - Lakewood, OH *1945 Samuel J. Pope - Boston, MA *1944 Samuel J. Pope - Boston, MA *1943 Art J. Baker - Lewistown, MT *1942 Andrew T. Callahan - Harrison, NJ *1941 W. Ralph Williams - Fresno, CA *1941 Andrew T. Callahan - Harrison, NJ *1940 W. Hendrix Palmer - Charlotte, NC *1939 Ray Tiller - Waterloo, IA *1938 Roy E. Mottshead - Dearborn, MI *1937 Daniel B. Tierney - Arlington, MA *1936 Robert A. Bogan - Baton Rouge, LA *1935 Charles J. Brennan - San Francisco, CA *1934 John J. Towey - Newark, NJ *1933 Selden R. Allen - Brookline, MA *1932

Richard Lee Smith Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Frankish language, Old Frankish and is a Compound (linguistics), compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic language, Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' an ...

- Pittsburgh, PA *1931 Dennis W. Brosnan - Albany, GA *1930 Joseph N. Sullivan - Utica, NY *1929 Ralph J. Scott (fire chief) - Los Angeles, CA *1928 John M. Evans (fire chief) - New Orleans, LA *1927 Ross B. Davi - Philadelphia, PA *1926 Thomas R. Murphy - San Francisco, CA *1925 James Armstrong (fire chief) - Kingston, Ontario *1924 Samuel Becket Boyd II (1865-1929)

Knoxville, Tennessee Knoxville is a city in and the county seat of Knox County, Tennessee, Knox County in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 United States census, Knoxville's population was 190,740, making it the largest city in the East Tennessee Grand Di ...

. *1923 William H. Bywaters Salt Lake City, UT *1922 Charles W. Ringer - Minneapolis, MN *1921 Frank G. Reynolds - Augusta, GA *1920 John F. Healey - Denver, CO *1919 John Kenlon -

New York City, New York New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the L ...

*1918 Antonio Alonzo Rozetta - Nashville, TN *1917 Thomas A. Clancey - Milwaukee, WI *1916 Thomas A. Clancey - Milwaukee, WI *1915 Harry L. Marston - Brockton, MA *1914 Hugo R. Delfs - Lansing, MI *1913 Thomas W. Haney - Jacksonville, FL *1912 Horace F. Magee - Dallas, TX *1911 W.H. Loller - Youngstown, OH *1910 John Thompson (fire chief) - Toronto, Ontario *1909 George W. Horton - Baltimore, MD *1908 Fillmore Tyson - Louisville, KY *1907 M.E. Higgins - Albany, NY *1906 George M. Kellogg - Sioux City, IA *1905 John Stagg (fire chief) -

Paterson, New Jersey Paterson ( ) is the largest City (New Jersey), city in and the county seat of Passaic County, New Jersey, Passaic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.Walthall Robertson Joyner Walthall Robertson "Cap" Joyner (June 30, 1854January 5, 1925) was the 40th Mayor of Atlanta. Biography Born in Cobb County, Georgia, he moved to Atlanta at a young age and began as a volunteer firefighter at the age of 15. In 1872, at the age of ...

Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 ...

*1903

Walthall Robertson Joyner Walthall Robertson "Cap" Joyner (June 30, 1854January 5, 1925) was the 40th Mayor of Atlanta. Biography Born in Cobb County, Georgia, he moved to Atlanta at a young age and began as a volunteer firefighter at the age of 15. In 1872, at the age of ...

*1902 Edward F. Croker -

*1901 Miles S. Humphreys -

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Allegheny County. It is the most populous city in both Allegheny County and Wester ...

. He was also Mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

1873-1900

*1900 Miles S. Humphreys - Pittsburgh, PA *1899 John P. Quigley - Syracuse, NY *1898 Charles E. Swingley - St. Louis, MO *1897

Andrew J. Kennedy Andrew is the English form of a given name common in many countries. In the 1990s, it was among the top ten most popular names given to boys in List of countries where English is an official language, English-speaking countries. "Andrew" is freq ...

- New Haven, CT *1896 James Devine - Salt Lake City, UT *1895 Frank J. Roulett - Augusta, GA *1894 Zepherin Benoit - Montreal, Quebec *1893

James Foley (fire chief) James Foley may refer to: * James Foley (bishop) (born 1948), Australian Roman Catholic bishop * James Foley (cricketer) (1898–1969), Irish cricketer * James Foley (director) (born 1953), American film director and screenwriter * James Foley (jour ...

- Milwaukee, WI *1892 Edward Hughes (fire chief) - Louisville, KY *1891 A.P. Leshure - Springfield, MA *1890 James Battle - Detroit, MI *1889 George Consider Hale -

Kansas City, Missouri Kansas City (abbreviated KC or KCMO) is the largest city in Missouri by population and area. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 508,090 in 2020, making it the 36th most-populous city in the United States. It is the central ...

*1888 F.L. Stetson - Minneapolis, MN *1887

*1886 George A. Steere - Providence, RI *1885 Thomas L. Worthley -

Long Branch, New Jersey Long Branch is a beachside City (New Jersey), city in Monmouth County, New Jersey, Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2010 United States census, 2010 U.S. census, the city's population was 30,719,< ...

*1884 Denis J. Swenie - Chicago, IL *1883 Thomas O'Connor - New Orleans, LA *1882 Joseph Bunker - Cincinnati, OH *1881 G. Watt Taylor - Richmond, VA *1880

William A. Green William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of Eng ...

- Boston, MA *1879 Martin Cronin (fire chief) - Washington, DC *1878 John A. Bennett (fire chief) - Cleveland, OH *1877 William Stockell - Nashville, TN *1876 William H. Johnson (fire chief) - Philadelphia, PA *1875 Albert C. Hendrick - New Haven, CT *1874 H. Clay Sexton - St. Louis, MO *1873 John Stanhope Damrell - Boston, Massachusetts

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