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 11,000 fire chiefs and emergency officers.[1] The Association was established in 1873 with John S. Damrell as president.[1] It is headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia. The President and Chair of the Board is Rhoda Mae Kerr, Fire Chief, Austin, Texas. The CEO and Executive Director is Mark W. Light.[2]
Presidents
The following were presidents:[3]
- 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 - Lewiston, 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. He was born on March 20, 1865 in Abingdon, Virginia to Samuel Becket Boyd I (1828-1890) and Isabella Reed (1831-1907).[4][5] He had a sister, Isabella Kennedy Boyd (1860-1936) who married John Mebane Allen.[6] He married Julia Harrison (1881-1957).[7] He joined the fire department in 1900.[4] He was president of the International Association of Fire Chiefs in 1924.[3] He died on March 29, 1929 of a heart attack in Knoxville, Tennessee after a fire while in route to the hospital.[4] He was buried in the Old Gray Cemetery in Knoxville, Tennessee.[7][8]
- 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
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 International Association of Fire Chiefs, Accessed November 2, 2012
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