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The Center for Public Safety Excellence (CPSE) appoints Ms. Giselle Rodriguez-Villanueva to the Commission on Fire Accreditation International representing a city or county manager overseeing an accredited agency. Giselle Rodríguez-Villanueva, PE, CFM, serves as the...
The Center for Public Safety Excellence (CPSE) appoints Fire Chief Kristopher Blume, CFO, to the Commission on Fire Accreditation International as the Fire Chief Overseeing a CFAI Accredited Agency Serving Populations Greater than 100,000 representative. Kristopher...
The Center for Public Safety Excellence (CPSE) appoints Rob Frampton, CFO to the Commission on Professional Credentialing (CPC) representing CFOs who are agency heads protecting populations of less than 50,000. Rob Frampton serves as the Fire Chief of the Salisbury,...
The Center for Public Safety Excellence (CPSE) has appointed Mr. Bradley Arnold to the Commission on Fire Accreditation International representing a county manager overseeing an accredited agency. Since 2006, he has served as the County Administrator of Sumter County,...
The CPSE appoints Ms. Heather M. McGuire to the Board of Directors representing city managers that oversee a CFAI accredited agency. Heather McGuire has served as City Administrator for St. Charles, Illinois since 2021, overseeing an accredited fire department. Prior...
CPSE appoints Fire Chief Michael Cunningham, Ph.D., CFO, to the Commission on Professional Credentialing representing CFOs who are agency heads protecting populations 250,000+. Michael Cunningham, Ph.D. serves as Fire Chief of Cobb County Fire & Emergency...
The Center for Public Safety Excellence (CPSE) mourns the loss of one of our earliest champions. Chief Brian R. Dean, CFO, EFO, Assistant Fire Chief, (Ret.), passed away on November 20, 2025. “Brian brought great curiosity and heart to his work. The agencies and...
Jessica Handoko is a Senior Data Analyst with the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department in Virginia, where she has served since April 2022 as part of the department’s Data Analytics Strategy Management Division (DASM). Prior to joining Fairfax, she worked for the...
Request for Proposals Outsourced Legal Services Center for Public Safety Excellence Date of Release: September 8, 2025 RESPONSE DATE: October 8, 2025 Introduction This Request for Proposals (RFP), issued by the Center for Public Safety Excellence (CPSE), seeks...