The recipient of the 2024 Ray Picard Award is Station Chief Christopher Swift, FO, Joint Base Charleston Fire & Emergency Services, South Carolina. Chief Swift demonstrates a strong commitment to the Accreditation process. As the agency’s Accreditation Manager,...
Salvatore Scarpa joined the fire service in 1991 and is the fire-EMS chief of the Columbus Fire & Emergency Medical Services Department in Georgia, a CFAI accredited agency. Chief Scarpa has written numerous articles for the fire service and presented at many...
The recipient of the 2024 Randy R. Bruegman Agency Innovation Award is the Spokane Valley Fire Department (SVFD) which successfully executed two innovative fire levy campaigns within six months, using data analytics and community engagement to secure crucial funding....
Kelly Martin has joined the Center for Public Safety Excellence® as the CPSE Community Experience Manager. Kelly comes to CPSE from the Orange County Fire Rescue (OCFR), Winter Park, Florida, where she worked for the past five years. Her most recent position she...
The Center for Public Safety Excellence (CPSE) mourns the loss of one of our founders – Chief Ronny J. Coleman, State Fire Marshal, (Ret.), passed away peacefully on September 21, 2023, at Mercy General Hospital in Sacramento. “We will forever be indebted to Chief...
The CPSE appoints Battalion Chief James Mitchell, City of Carmel Fire Department, Indiana to the Commission on Fire Accreditation International® (CFAI®) as the Labor President of a CFAI accredited agency with a population of less than 100,000 representative. Since...
The CPSE appoints Captain Dave Coker, Greensboro Fire Department, North Carolina to the Commission on Fire Accreditation International® (CFAI®) as the Labor President of a CFAI accredited agency with a population of more than 100,000 representative. Dave Coker began...
Rick Potter is fire chief of the Shawnee, Kansas, Fire Department, a CFAI accredited agency. He began his career in 1990 with the Pueblo, Colorado, Fire Department where he moved up through the ranks to deputy fire chief until he retired and was appointed fire chief...
The 2023 Safety Stand Down theme is “Lithium-Ion Batteries: Are you Ready?” The Center for Public Safety Excellence (CPSE) is participating in this year’s Safety Stand Down by highlighting performance indicators (PI) and core competencies (CC) from the...
Last year, CPSE and Metro partnered to develop a series highlighting proven practices of Metro departments accredited by CPSE’s Commission on Fire Accreditation International. Each case study focuses on a particular topic and outlines the opportunity the agency faces,...