The CPSE Board of Directors welcomes its newest member, Sara Jahnke, Ph.D. Dr. Jahnke is the Director and a Senior Scientist with the Center for Fire, Rescue & EMS Health Research within NDRI-USA, Inc., a not-for-profit research firm where she also serves as the...
The CPSE Board of Directors has appointed Dr. Alexander Henderson to the Commission on Professional Credentialing (CPC) as the academic representative. Dr. Henderson is an associate professor in the Department of Public and Nonprofit Administration at...
CPSE’s Mission Statement: To lead the fire and emergency service to excellence through the continuous quality improvement process of accreditation, credentialing, and education.That last word, education, is such a vital part of CPSE’s DNA, from the classes we hold to...
The Center for Public Safety Excellence (CPSE) mourns the loss of our former board member and dearest friend, S. Jeff Piechura, CFO. Chief Piechura passed away during a fatal aircraft accident while performing aerial reconnaissance and command and control...
The CPSE Board of Directors welcomes its newest member, Chief Terry Ford (CFO-2002). Ford is the chief of the Fire and Emergency Services Division at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma, a CFAI accredited agency. His fire service career began in 1982 and has...
In May of this year, three of the city managers that serve within CPSE’s governance were panelists for a ICMA webinar titled “Developing Excellence in Fire and Emergency Services Departments and Personnel.” The three webinar panelists were:Jeff Pomeranz, City Manager...
The CPSE Board of Directors welcomes its newest member, Chief Reginald Freeman (CFO-2008). Freeman is the fire chief for the Oakland (California) Fire Department. Prior to joining Oakland he served as the fire chief/emergency management director for...
The CPSE Board of Directors has appointed Captain Grant Tinker as a Commission on Professional Credentialing Commissioner representing At-Large. Tinker is a captain with the Colorado Springs Fire Department in Colorado, an accredited agency through the...
Ed Comeau Whether developing the self-assessment manual for accreditation or documenting competencies for credentialing, effective communication and writing, more specifically, technical writing, plays an essential role. Technical writing may come...
Preet Bassi, CAECPSE Chief Executive OfficerLike so many other organizations, CPSE heard and responded to the call to transform in 2020. Digital transformation was the foundation upon which the small- and large-scale changes implemented at CPSE were built. While a...