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The mission of the Division of Forestry Fire Management Program is to provide leadership in wildfire management by providing training, equipment and technical assistance.

Program Administrator: Michael Bowden
614-265-1088

Federal Excess Property & VFA Grants Program Coordinator: Rick Maier
740-774-1596 ext 7

Division of Forestry
2045 Morse Rd.
Building H1.
Columbus, OH 43229

Ohio Rural Fire Council, Inc.
Board of Directors, December 2005
 

Your participation is invited and needed. Ohio Rural Fire Council Meetings are held:

  • Second Saturday
    of each month
  • 10:00 a.m.
    at Ohio Fire Academy

If you or your organization has a concern about rural fire protection in Ohio or would like more information about the Council, please contact one of the Board members or write to P.O. Box 157, Reynoldsburg, OH., 43068

  • Ohio Rural Fire Council Board of Directors
 
President
John Peters

Vice President
Goebel Williams, Jr.

Treasurer
Willie Brantingham

Secretary
Nate Kirk

OHIO STATE FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION
Harold Sparks, OSFA
(513) 875-3721

OHIO ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS
Jeff Cotne, President, IAFF Local, Bloom Twp.
(614) 837-5530

OHIO FIRE CHIEFS’ ASSOCIATION
Jim Newland, Chief, Ridgeway Fire Dept
(937) 363-2345

COUNTY COMMISSIONERS’ ASSOCIATION OF OHIO
Ben Nutter, Seneca County Commissioner
(419) 448-5701

Vacant
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS’ ASSOCIATION OF OHIO

OHIO SOCIETY OF FIRE SERVICE INSTRUCTORS
John Peters, Instructor, Hocking College
(740) 286-2708

OHIO DIVISION OF FORESTRY
Nate Kirk
State Forest Op’s, Ohio Div. Forestry
(614) 265-6711

DIVISION OF STATE FIRE MARSHAL
Frank Conway, Supt., Ohio Fire Academy
(614) 752-7208

OHIO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION
Gene Hanning, Muskingum County EMA
(740) 453-1655

OHIO ASSOC. OF RESOURCE CONSERVATION &DEVELOPMENT COUNCILS
Ed McConoughey, Director, Erie Basin RC&D
(419) 668-7645

NATIONAL VOLUNTEER FIRE COUNCIL
Roger Bair, Director, Ohio Nat. Vol. Fire Council
(330) 824-2676

MEMBER AT LARGE
Goebel Williams, Jr., Chief, Hamilton Twp.
(513) 683-9536

MEMBER AT LARGE
Steve Wallis, American Electric Power
(740) 925-3121

MEMBER AT LARGE
Willie Brantingham, Winona Fire Dept
(330) 222-1920

MEMBER AT LARGE
Jerry Wessel, Ohio Valley Firefighters Assoc.
(740) 858-0781

David Comstock
Legal Advisor