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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: Cotton Randall
614-265-6667

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, January 2013
 

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 N. Peters

Vice President
Steven E. Wallis

Treasurer
Willie Brantingham

Secretary
Schaad Johnson

Legal Advisor
David Comstock

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

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

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

OHIO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
Schaad Johnson, Ohio Div. Forestry
(740) 674-4035

DIVISION OF STATE FIRE MARSHAL
Frank Conway, Supt., Ohio Fire Academy
(614) 752-7103

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

OHIO RURAL FIRE COUNCIL
David Comstock, Legal Advisor, District Fire

MEMBER AT LARGE
Gene Hanning, Washington Twp. Fire
(740) 452-2221

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

MEMBER AT LARGE
Jeremy Keller, Ohio RC&D
(937) 592-2233