About the CVVFA Emergency Responder Safety Institute
Created as a Committee of the Cumberland Valley Volunteer Firemen's Association, the Institute serves as an informal advisory panel of public safety leaders committed to reducing deaths and injuries to America's Emergency Responders. Members of the Institute, all highly influential and expert in their fields, are personally dedicated to the safety of the men and women who respond to emergencies on our nation’s streets, roads and highways. Members of the Institute include trainers, writers, managers, government officials, technical experts and leaders in the public safety world who through their individual efforts and collective influence can bring meaningful change.
The Institute is working to implement the recommendations in the CVVFA White Paper: Protecting Emergency Responders on the Highways.
CVVFA Emergency Responder Safety Institute Membership
Honorary Chairman Congressman Patrick Murphy (PA-8th)
Chief Greg Yost- President Cumberland Valley Volunteer Firemen’s Association
Fire Police Officer Stephen P. Austin - Project Manager
Chief Jon Townley - Past President Eastern Division International Association of Fire Chiefs-Chief Financial Officer
Fire Police Officer Jerry Daniels - Chief Administrative Officer
Firefighter/EMT Howard Cohen Esq. - Legal Counsel
Chief Harry R. Carter PhD, CFO - Editor in Chief
Mr. Jack Sullivan CSP, CFPS - Director of Training
Assistant Chief Ron Moore - Chief Instructor
Fire Police Officer Stephen E. Heefner - CVVFA Home Office Manager
Chief Gene Worthington - CVVFA Recording Secretary
Jeff Allison - US Department of Justice
Louis J. Amabli - Panel Member and Co-Author America Burning
Chief Allen Baldwin - Incident Manager Pennsylvania Turnpike
The Honorable John Brenner - Former Mayor City of York PA
Chief John Buckman - Past President International Association of Fire Chiefs
Chief Dennis Compton - Chairman National Fallen Firefighters Foundation
Chief Robert Cumberland - Past President Maryland State Firemen’s Association
Chief James L. Cubbage Jr. - Executive Director Delaware Volunteer Firefighters Association
Chief Steven B. Edwards - Director Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute
Chief Robert Fleming Ed. D., CFO - Professor, Rowan University
Mr. Craig Floyd - Chairman National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund
Paramedic James Garcia - Highway Incident Victim
Mr. Larry Glick - Outreach Director Congressman Patrick Murphy
Deputy Chief Billy Goldfeder - Loveland-Symmes OH FD
Firefighter Chris Hebert - Co-Founder Firehouse.com
Richard Jaehne - Director University of Illinois Fire Service Institute
Chief William Jenaway PhD, CFO - Executive Vice President VFIS
Chief Joseph Kroboth Washington County MD Department of Emergency Services, Surviving Family Member
Ms. Virginia Lutz - Field Investigator NIOSH Firefighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program
Fire Commissioner Edward Mann - Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Chief Gary Morris - Scottsdale AZ (Retired)
Mr. Kevin O’Connor - Special Assistant to the General President, International Association of Fire Fighters
Dr. Denis Onieal - Superintendent National Fire Academy
Chief Donald Oliver - Past President National Society of Executive Fire Officers
Chief Jack Peltier - Massachusetts Fire Academy (Retired)
Chief William Peterson - Former Director FEMA Region VI
Chief Dennis Rubin - Washington DC Fire and EMS Department
Chief Ronald J. Siarnicki - Executive Director National Fallen Firefighters Foundation
Chief Emeritus Crawford Wiestling - West End Fire & Rescue Company Shippensburg PA
Firefighter Brian Yoder - Shillington PA Fire Department