Directors

Executive Board of Directors

President

Robert Kirkpatrick
Captain, Mississauga Fire and Emergency Services

  

First Vice President

Douglas Wylie
Division Chief, Vancouver Fire and Rescue (Retired)
(Representing British Columbia)

Second Vice President

Mike McKenna
Fire Chief, Ayer's Cliff Fire Department
(Representing Quebec)

Treasurer

John Clare
Captain, Brampton Fire and Emergency Services

Secretary

Tim Hinds
Fire Marshal (Retired), Nunavut Territory

 

Board of Directors

LODD Chairman

Wayne Jasper

Firefighter, CFB Esquimalt Fire & Rescue

 

Representing Families of the Fallen

Carey Taylor

Firefighter, Calgary Fire Department

 

Ceremony Chairman

John Sobey

Firefighter, Ottawa Fire Service

 

Representing the I.A.F.F.

Scott Marks

Ottawa, Ontario

 

Representing Wildland Firefighters

Paul Buxton-Carr

Air Attack Officer, BC Wildfire Management Branch

 

Representing Military Firefighters

Bruce Paradis

Office of the Canadian Forces Fire Marshal

 

Representing The Canadian Volunteer Fire Service Assoc.

Fred Kennedy

Fire Chief, Blackville, NB

 

Representing Atlantic Canada

David Smith

Divisional Chief Logistics, Halifax Regional Fire & Emergency Service

 

Representing Quebec

Mike McKenna

Fire Chief, Ayer's Cliff Fire Department

 

Representing Ontario

David Sheen

Division Chief, Toronto Fire Services

 

Representing Saskatchewan and Manitoba

Alex Forrest

Firefighter, Winnipeg Fire Department

 

Representing Alberta

Ken Block

Chief, Edmonton Fire Rescue Services

 

Directors At Large

Chad Sartison - Captain Priddis Volunteer Fire Department / Chairman Firefighters1st

William Stewart - Fire Chief, Toronto Fire Services

Sandra Lethbridge - Businesswoman, Ottawa

Serge Tremblay - Director of the Service de Sécurité Incendie de Montréal