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 or along our nation's streets, roads and highways. Members of the Institute include trainers, writers, managers, government officials, technical experts and leaders who through their individual efforts and collective influence in the public safety world 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 Steven Flickinger - President Cumberland Valley Volunteer Firemen's Association

Fire Police Officer Stephen P. Austin PP - Project Manager

Mr.Joseph Bukowski PP - Past President DE State Fire Police Association-Financial Officer

Firefighter/EMT Howard Cohen Esq. - Legal Counsel

Chief Harry R. Carter PhD, CFO, MIFire - Editor in Chief

Firefighter Jack Sullivan CSP,CFPS - Director of Training

Assistant Chief Ron Moore McKinney Texas FD - Chief Instructor

Fire Police Officer Jerry Daniels-Past President New Castle County DE Fire Police Association - Chief Administrative Officer

Fire Police Officer Stephen E. Heefner PP - CVVFA Home Office Manager

Chief Gene Worthington PP - CVVFA Recording Secretary

Jeff Allison - US Department of Justice

Mr.Louis J. Amabli-Panel Member and Co - Author America Burning

Chief Allen Baldwin - Incident Manager Pennsylvania Turnpike

The Honorable John Brenner - Mayor City of York PA

Chief John Buckman - Past President International Association of Fire Chiefs

Chief Dennis Compton - Past Chairman Congressional Fire Services Institute National Advisory Committee

Chief James L. Cubbage Jr. - Executive Director Delaware Volunteer Firemen's Association

Chief Robert Cumberland PP - Past President Maryland State Firemen's Association

Chief Steven B. Edwards - Director MD Fire and Rescue Institute  

Chief Robert Fleming Ed.D., CFO - Professor, Rowan University

Mr. Craig Floyd - Chairman National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund Inc.

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 - Director Washington County MD of Public Works, Surviving Family Member

Chief Gary Morris - Scottsdale AZ

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

Chief William Peterson - Director FEMA Region VI

Chief Dennis Rubin - Washington DC Fire and EMS Department

Chief Ronald J. Siarnicki - Executive Director National Fallen Firefighters Foundation

Chief Crawford Weistling - West End Fire Company Shippensburg PA

Firefighter Brian Yoder - Treasurer Shillington PA Fire Department