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CSFCA Board of Directors for 2011 Named
At the January 14, 2011 Board of Directors meeting, CSFCA President Steve Pischke nominated and the Board confirmed Andy Marsh, Fire Chief of Federal Heights Fire Department to serve as CSFCA Treasurer for 2011. Ken Watkins, Fire Chief of the Grand Junction Fire Department was appointed to serve as the CSFCA Secretary.
The remainder of the 2011 CSFCA Board of Directors were also appointed and installed at this meeting.
Regional Representatives (Directors)
The Regional Directors that were appointed or reappointed to serve the 2011 term of office are:
Northeast Region – Barry Schaefer, Fire Chief, Platte Valley Fire Protection District
Northwest Region – Dave Vroman, Fire Chief, Gypsum Fire Protection District
North Central Region – Andrew Marsh, Fire Chief, Federal Heights Fire Department
San Luis Valley Region – Don Chapman, Fire Chief, Alamosa Fire Department
South Region (and Immediate Past President) – Chris Riley, Fire Chief, Pueblo Fire Department
South Central Region – Dave Ury, Fire Chief, Black Forest Fire Protection District
Southeast Region – Aaron Eveatt, Fire Chief, La Junta Rural Fire Protection District
Southwest Region – Larry Behrens, Fire Chief, Los Pinos Fire Protection District
West Region – Bob Pistor, Fire Chief, Montrose Fire Protection District
Section Representatives
The President (or Chairperson) of each of the CSFCA Sections also have a seat on the Board of Directors as the Section Representatives. The CSFCA Section Representatives are:
Combination Fire Chiefs’ Section – Bruce Mygatt, Fire Chief, Boulder Rural Fire Protection District
Volunteer Chief Officers Section – David DeTray, Fire Chief, La Veta Fire Protection District
Wildland Fire Section – Jeff Berino, Deputy Chief, Lake Dillon Fire Rescue
Fire Marshals Association – David Lowrey, Fire Marshal, Boulder Fire Department
Fire Training Officers Association – Mark Schuman, Battalion Chief, North Washington Fire Protection District
Fire & Life Safety Educators – Sherrie Leeka, Safety Educator, Westminster Fire Department
Colorado Fire Mechanics Association – Gary Aranda, Southwest Adams County Fire Rescue
Denver Metro Fire Chiefs – Mike Pattarozzi, Fire Chief, Englewood Fire Department
Colorado Fire Chaplains Association – Ken Rice, Chaplain, Lake Dillon Fire Rescue
The complete list of the CSFCA Board of Directors for 2011 with contact information may be downloaded here.
New CSFCA President and Vice-President Elected
At the 2010 Annual Meeting of the Colorado State Fire Chiefs’ Association held on December 2, 2010 in Keystone, the members assembled elected a new President and Vice-President.
Deputy Chief Steve Pischke of Mountain View Fire Protection District was elected President and Chief Mike Morgan of the Rifle Fire Protection District was elected Vice-President.
Deputy Chief Pischke has been in the fire service for 30 years. He began his career with the Littleton Fire Department, where he served for 7+ years and was then Fire Chief of the Silverthorne Fire Protection District for 4 years. Steve spent his next 10 years with West Adams County FPD/North Metro Fire Rescue, 9 of which as Division Chief of Fire Prevention, before moving on to Mountain View, where he has been for nearly the past 9 years. Steve has served the Association as the Vice-President for the past two years and the Chairman of the Legislative Committee.
Chief Morgan began his fire service career in 1986 as a volunteer firefighter for the Rifle Fire Protection District. He was hired as Fire Marshal, the first employee of the District, in 1991, and served in this capacity until 1996, when he was appointed the District’s first paid fire chief. The first paid responders were hired in 1999 and the District now consists of 22 full-time, 30 part-time, and 20 volunteer personnel, serving an area of about 411 square miles with a population of approximately 21,000, out of three fire stations.
The President and Vice-President are the only elected officers of the CSFCA and are elected to serve a one-year term. The appointed officers of the CSFCA are the Secretary and Treasurer, who are nominated by the President and appointed by the Board of Directors. Once appointed, the Secretary and Treasurer serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors or until the end of the President-elect’s term of office.
The remaining appointed members of the CSFCA Board of Directors are the nine Regional Representatives (Directors). Regional Representatives are nominated by the President and appointed by the Board of Directors. Once appointed, the Regional Representatives serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors or until the end of the President-elect’s term of office.
President-elect Pischke and Vice President-elect Morgan will be sworn in and assume their duties at the Board of Directors meeting on January 14, 2011, as will the appointed members of the Board.
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