International Association of Fire Chiefs

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Boyd was president in 1924

The International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) is a network of more than 12,000 fire chiefs and emergency officers.^[1] The Association was established in 1873 with John S. Damrell as president.^[1] It is headquartered in Chantilly, Virginia, United States. The President and Chair of the Board is Dan Eggleston, Fire Chief, Albemarle County, Virginia. The CEO and Executive Director is Mark W. Light.^[2]

Presidents[]

The following were presidents:^[3]

2019 Gary Ludwig - Champaign, IL
2018 Dan Eggleston - Albemarle County, VA
2017 Tom Jenkins - Rogers, AR
2016 John Sinclair - Kittitas Valley, WA
2015 Rhoda Mae Kerr - Austin, TX
2014 G. Keith Bryant - Oklahoma City, OK
2013 William R. Metcalf - Fallbrook, CA
2012 Henry C. Clemmensen - Inverness, IL
2011 Albert H. Gillespie - North Las Vegas, NV
2010 John E. Parow - Chelmsford, MA
2009 Jeffrey D. Johnson - Tualatin Valley, OR
2008 Larry J. Grorud - Janesville, WI
2007 Steven P. Westermann - Central Jackson Co., MO
2006 James B. Harmes - Grand Blanc, MI
2005 William D. Killen - Kingsport, TN
2004 Robert A. DiPoli - Needham, MA
2003 Ernest Mitchell Jr. - Pasadena, CA
2002 Randy R. Bruegman - Milwaukie, OR
2001 John M. Buckman III - Evansville, IN

1901-2000[]

2000 Michael R. Brown - Port Orchard, WA
1999 Luther L. Fincher Jr. - Charlotte, NC
1998 Richard A. "Smokey" Dyer - Lee's Summit, MO
1997 Richard A. Marinucci - Farmington Hills, MI
1996 R. David Paulison - Metro Dade County, FL
1995 P. Lamont Ewell - Oakland, CA
1994 Thomas L. Siegfried - Altamonte Springs, FL
1993 Philip D. McGouldrick - Cape Elizabeth, ME
1992 Gary L. Nichols - Sedgewick County, KS
1991 James L. Halsey - Troy, MI
1990 W. David Hilton - Cobb County, GA
1989 M.H. Jim Estepp - Prince George's Co., MD
1988 Ronny J. Coleman - Fullerton, CA
1987 Warren E. Isman - Fairfax County, VA
1986 Robert H. Ely - Kirkland, WA
1985 Ben Vossenaar - Rotterdam, Netherlands
1984 Gerard A. Carle - Dracut, MA
1983 Douglas R. Pollington - Cambridge, Ontario
1982 Charles Kamprad - St. Louis, MO
1981 E. Stanley Hawkins - Tulsa, OK
1980 Jack Lee - Charlotte, NC
1979 R.S. Rockenbach - Grayslake, IL
1978 James H. Shern - Pasadena, CA
1977 John Swindle - Birmingham, AL
1976 Myrle K. Wise - Denver, CO
1975 David B. Gratz - Montgomery Co., MD
1974 John F. Hurley - Rochester, NY
1973 Beverley Wade New - Minos, Nova Scotia
1972 Lawrence L. Kenney - Miami, FL
1971 Curtis W. Volkamer - Chicago, IL
1970 Matthew Jiminez - Hayward, CA
1969 Walter H. Carter - Lynn, MA
1968 Edward A. Beadle - Union City, NJ
1967 Calvin Weatherly - Wyrick Greensboro, NC
1966 Lester R. Schick - Davenport, IA
1965 Adrian J. Meyers - Grand Rapids, MI
1964 Reginald F. Swanborough - Hamilton, Ontario
1963 Raul Gandara - Santurce, Puerto Rico
1962 Lewis A. Marshall - Providence, RI
1961 Edward F. Deignan - Elizabeth, NJ
1960 William J. Taylor - Burbank, CA
1959 A.H. Lintelman - Baytown, TX
1958 Reynold C. Malmquist - Minneapolis, MN
1957 Donald S. Charles - Charlotte, NC
1956 Wayne E. Swanson - Rockford, IL
1955 William Fitzgerald - Seattle, WA
1954 - Ottawa, Ontario
1953 - Hartford, CT
1952 - Oklahoma City, OK
1951 - Coral Gables, FL
1950 - Los Angeles, CA
1949 - Topeka, KS
1948 - Miami, FL
1947 Frank C. McAuliffe - Chicago, IL
1946 Charles A. Delaney - Lakewood, OH
1945 - Boston, MA
1944 - Boston, MA
1943 - Lewistown, MT
1942 Andrew T. Callahan - Harrison, NJ
1941 - Fresno, CA
1941 - Harrison, NJ
1940 - Charlotte, NC
1939 - Waterloo, IA
1938 - Dearborn, MI
1937 - Arlington, MA
1936 - Baton Rouge, LA
1935 - San Francisco, CA
1934 - Newark, NJ
1933 - Brookline, MA
1932 - Pittsburgh, PA
1931 - Albany, GA
1930 - Utica, NY
1929 - Los Angeles, CA
1928 - New Orleans, LA
1927 - Philadelphia, PA
1926 - San Francisco, CA
1925 - Kingston, Ontario
1924 Samuel Becket Boyd II (1865-1929) Knoxville, Tennessee.^[4]
1923 William H. Bywaters Salt Lake City, UT
1922 Charles W. Ringer - Minneapolis, MN
1921 Frank G. Reynolds - Augusta, GA
1920 John F. Healey - Denver, CO
1919 - New York City, New York
1918 Antonio Alonzo Rozetta - Nashville, TN
1917 Thomas A. Clancey - Milwaukee, WI
1916 Thomas A. Clancey - Milwaukee, WI
1915 - Brockton, MA
1914 - Lansing, MI
1913 - Jacksonville, FL
1912 - Dallas, TX
1911 - Youngstown, OH
1910 - Toronto, Ontario
1909 - Baltimore, MD
1908 - Louisville, KY
1907 - Albany, NY
1906 - Sioux City, IA
1905 - Paterson, New Jersey
1904 Walthall Robertson Joyner - Atlanta, Georgia
1903 Walthall Robertson Joyner - Atlanta, Georgia
1902 - New York City, New York
1901 - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was also Mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

1873-1900[]

1900 - Pittsburgh, PA
1899 - Syracuse, NY
1898 - St. Louis, MO
1897 - New Haven, CT
1896 James Devine - Salt Lake City, UT
1895 - Augusta, GA
1894 - Montreal, Quebec
1893 - Milwaukee, WI
1892 - Louisville, KY
1891 - Springfield, MA
1890 James Battle - Detroit, MI
1889 George Consider Hale - Kansas City, Missouri
1888 - Minneapolis, MN
1887 Walthall Robertson Joyner - Atlanta, Georgia
1886 - Providence, RI
1885 - Long Branch, New Jersey
1884 - Chicago, IL
1883 Thomas O'Connor - New Orleans, LA
1882 - Cincinnati, OH
1881 - Richmond, VA
1880 - Boston, MA
1879 - Washington, DC
1878 - Cleveland, OH
1877 - Nashville, TN
1876 - Philadelphia, PA
1875 - New Haven, CT
1874 - St. Louis, MO
1873 - Boston, Massachusetts

References[]

^ ^a ^b International Association of Fire Chiefs, Accessed November 2, 2012
^ "Metro Chiefs meet in Phoenix". National Fire Protection Association. April 11, 2013. Archived from the original on June 16, 2013. Retrieved 2013-04-29.
^ Ann Swing Kelly (2000). International Association of Fire Chiefs. p. 80. ISBN 9781563116797.
^ "Funeral Services to Be Held Monday for Chief Boyd. Died After Collapse After Fire". Knoxville News Sentinel. March 30, 1929.

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