At Large Directors :
Chief Ronald Blackwell
Chief Brett Bowman
Chief David Daniels
Chief John Eisel
Chief Todd LeDuc
Chief Gary Morris, Ret.
Chief Keith Padgett
Chief Jake Rhoades
Chief Randall Talifarro
Organizational Liaisons :
Fire Police Officer Steve Austin
(CVVFA Emergency Responder Safety Institute)
Chief Jeff Cash (NVFC)
FF/Paramedic Mike Dubron (FCSN)
Mr. Rich Duffy (IAFF)
Battalion Chief Mike Gurley (FDSOA)
Chief Jason Hoevelmann (ISFSI)
Chief Rich Marinucci (NFFF)
Mr. Tim Merinar (NIOSH)
Mr. Allan Rice (NAFTD)
Mr. John Smithgall (DoD)
Mr. Bill Troup (USFA)
Staff Liaison :
Victoria Lee
Program Manager
International Association of Fire Chiefs
4025 Fair Ridge Drive, #300
Fairfax, VA 22033
Tel: 571-221-2813
Fax: 541-306-3775
Email: vlee@iafc.org
Brett Bowman
Bio :
Brett Bowman has over 37 years of experience in both the career and volunteer fire and EMS service. He is the Fire and Rescue Chief of the City of Manassas Fire and Rescue Department, which is composed of 60 career and 90 operational volunteer personnel in the Washington, DC metropolitan area of Northern Virginia. Chief Bowman has attained a Masters of Public Administration degree, is a graduate of the National Fire Academy’s Executive Fire Officer Program and is a Certified Chief Fire Officer by the Commission on Professional Credentialing. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the International Association of Fire Chief’s Safety, Health and Survival Section. He is a Trustee on the Board of Directors of the Virginia Fire Chiefs Foundation. Chief Bowman is an Adjunct Professor for the University of Richmond and a member of the United States Branch of the Institution of Fire Engineers. He represents the IAFC as an Alternate Member of the NFPA 1500 Technical Committee and serves on the Public Safety Sector Council of the National Occupational Research Agenda of NIOSH.