Roundtable Talk - Protecting Communities: Planning for Fire Prevention Week and Beyond

Lt. Michael McLeieer has been in the fire service for over 25 years, is certified Firefighter II, Fire Officer III, Fire Instructor III, public fire and life safety educator, youth firesetter intervention specialist, and has served on fire departments in both Michigan and Massachusetts. He has served as the training and scheduling training coordinator for the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy and was in charge of the statewide youth fire intervention program.  He is a National Fire Academy contract instructor and also serves as a past president of the Massachusetts Institute of Fire Department Instructors, the Michigan State Firemen’s Association, founder of the nonprofit organization E.S.C.A.P.E. Inc (Education Showing Children and Adults Procedures for Evacuations), and launched the statewide public education and alarm installation campaign Keeping Michigan S.A.F.E.™ (Smoke Alarms for Everyone).

Jason Nailon serves the City of San Marcos as the Division Chief Fire Marshal. He brings 28 years of experience in the California Fire Service and is a credentialed Fire Marshal through the Center for Public Safety Excellence. He is also a recent graduate of the Executive Fire Officer Program at the National Fire Academy.