CPSE Learning Opportunities
At the Center for Public Safety Excellence® (CPSE®) we are excited to bring you the latest learning opportunities to advance your department and career. Registration for the 2024 CPSE Excellence Conference is now open. Click here for more information. CPSE...
read moreCPSE Community Experience Manager Vacancy Announcement
As the CPSE community continues to grow, we have identified a need to proactively engage our accredited departments and designated professionals between renewal cycles. Members of the CPSE community have also shared their wish to network with their peers...
read moreCPSE Mourns the Loss of CPSE Founder – Chief Ronny Jack Coleman
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...
read moreCPSE Appoints Battalion Chief James Mitchell to the Commission on Fire Accreditation International
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...
read moreCPSE Appoints Captain Dave Coker to the Commission on Fire Accreditation International
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...
read moreCPSE Appoints Chief Rick Potter, CFO, to the Commission on Fire Accreditation International
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...
read more2023 Safety Stand Down
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...
read moreCPSE Partners with Metropolitan Fire Chiefs Association to Highlight Proven Practices
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...
read moreCPSE appoints City Manager Cathy Ball to the Commission on Fire Accreditation International
The CPSE appoints Cathy Ball, City Manager for Johnson City, Tennessee, to the Commission on Fire Accreditation International representing city manager overseeing a CFAI accredited agency.Cathy Ball has served as city manager for Johnson City, Tennessee...
read moreCPSE Goes Remote
CEO Preet Bassi, CPSE By CEO Preet Bassi, CPSEIn 2022, the Center for Public Safety Excellence (CPSE) entered the last year of our five-year office lease requiring an important decision to be made about the future of work at CPSE.For the preceding two...
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