International Association of Fire Chiefs

The association is broken into eight divisions spanning across Canada and the United States. • "Canada Division" (covering all of Canada) • "Eastern Division" (covering Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Washington D.C.) • "Great Lakes Division" (covering Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin) • "Missouri Valley Division" (covering Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, North Dakota, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming) • "New England Division" (covering New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island) • "Southeastern Division" (covering Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, U.S. Virgin Islands, Virginia, and West Virginia) • "Southwestern Division" (covering Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas) • "Western Division" (covering Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and the Pacific Territories) == Presidents ==

2001–present The following were presidents: • 2025 Trisha L. Wolford - Anne Arundel County, Maryland • 2024 Josh Waldo - Bozeman, Montana • 2023 John S. Butler - Fairfax County, Virginia • 2022 Donna Black - Duck, North Carolina • 2021 Kenneth Stuebing - Halifax, Nova Scotia • 2020 Richard R. Carrizzo - Southern Platte, MO • 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 C. Gray Burnett - Ottawa, Ontario • 1953 Henry G. Thomas - Hartford, CT • 1952 George R. McAlpine - Oklahoma City, OK • 1951 Rudolph H. Swanson - Coral Gables, FL • 1950 John H. Alderson - Los Angeles, CA • 1949 William J. Cawker - Topeka, KS • 1948 Henry R. Chase - Miami, FL • 1947 Frank C. McAuliffe - Chicago, IL • 1946 Charles A. Delaney - Lakewood, OH • 1945 Samuel J. Pope - Boston, MA • 1944 Samuel J. Pope - Boston, MA • 1943 Art J. Baker - Lewistown, MT • 1942 Andrew T. Callahan - Harrison, NJ • 1941 W. Ralph Williams - Fresno, CA • 1941 Andrew T. Callahan - Harrison, NJ • 1940 W. Hendrix Palmer - Charlotte, NC • 1939 Ray Tiller - Waterloo, IA • 1938 Roy E. Mottshead - Dearborn, MI • 1937 Daniel B. Tierney - Arlington, MA • 1936 Robert A. Bogan - Baton Rouge, LA • 1935 Charles J. Brennan - San Francisco, CA • 1934 John J. Towey - Newark, NJ • 1933 Selden R. Allen - Brookline, MA • 1932 Richard Lee Smith - Pittsburgh, PA • 1931 Dennis W. Brosnan - Albany, GA • 1930 Joseph N. Sullivan - Utica, NY • 1929 Ralph J. Scott (fire chief) - Los Angeles, CA • 1928 John M. Evans (fire chief) - New Orleans, LA • 1927 Ross B. Davi - Philadelphia, PA • 1926 Thomas R. Murphy - San Francisco, CA • 1925 James Armstrong (fire chief) - Kingston, Ontario • 1924 Samuel Becket Boyd II (1865-1929) Knoxville, Tennessee. • 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 John Kenlon - New York City, New York • 1918 Antonio Alonzo Rozetta - Nashville, TN • 1917 Thomas A. Clancey - Milwaukee, WI • 1916 Thomas A. Clancey - Milwaukee, WI • 1915 Harry L. Marston - Brockton, MA • 1914 Hugo R. Delfs - Lansing, MI • 1913 Thomas W. Haney - Jacksonville, FL • 1912 Horace F. Magee - Dallas, TX • 1911 W.H. Loller - Youngstown, OH • 1910 John Thompson (fire chief) - Toronto, Ontario • 1909 George W. Horton - Baltimore, MD • 1908 Fillmore Tyson - Louisville, KY • 1907 M.E. Higgins - Albany, NY • 1906 George M. Kellogg - Sioux City, IA • 1905 John Stagg (fire chief) - Paterson, New Jersey • 1904 Walthall Robertson Joyner - Atlanta, Georgia • 1903 Walthall Robertson Joyner - Atlanta, Georgia • 1902 Edward F. Croker - New York City, New York • 1901 Miles S. Humphreys - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was also Mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1873–1900 • 1900 Miles S. Humphreys - Pittsburgh, PA • 1899 John P. Quigley - Syracuse, NY • 1898 Charles E. Swingley - St. Louis, MO • 1897 Andrew J. Kennedy - New Haven, CT • 1896 James Devine - Salt Lake City, UT • 1895 Frank J. Roulett - Augusta, GA • 1894 Zepherin Benoit - Montreal, Quebec • 1893 James Foley (fire chief) - Milwaukee, WI • 1892 Edward Hughes (fire chief) - Louisville, KY • 1891 A.P. Leshure - Springfield, MA • 1890 James Battle - Detroit, MI • 1889 George Consider Hale - Kansas City, Missouri • 1888 F.L. Stetson - Minneapolis, MN • 1887 Walthall Robertson Joyner - Atlanta, Georgia • 1886 George A. Steere - Providence, RI • 1885 Thomas L. Worthley - Long Branch, New Jersey • 1884 Denis J. Swenie - Chicago, IL • 1883 Thomas O'Connor - New Orleans, LA • 1882 Joseph Bunker - Cincinnati, OH • 1881 G. Watt Taylor - Richmond, VA • 1880 William A. Green - Boston, MA • 1879 Martin Cronin (fire chief) - Washington, DC • 1878 John A. Bennett (fire chief) - Cleveland, OH • 1877 William Stockell - Nashville, TN • 1876 William H. Johnson (fire chief) - Philadelphia, PA • 1875 Albert C. Hendrick - New Haven, CT • 1874 H. Clay Sexton - St. Louis, MO • 1873 John Stanhope Damrell - Boston, Massachusetts == See also ==