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​Advisory Board

The State Fire Advisory Board was established by Act 91 of 2020, which amended Chapter 73 of Title 35 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes (Title 35). The Fire Advisory Board is codified in Section 7386 of Title 35 (MS Word).

The board was created to advise OSFC on the needs and issues faced by the fire service organizations in the commonwealth.  

The board may elect to create subcommittees to study and provide advice to OSFC on specific technical and program areas. 


Members

See the current members of the State Fire Advisory Board below. Members include a firefighter representative from each of Pennsylvania's nine regions, broken down in this map:

Map of OSFC Advisory Board Regions.

Region 1 Firefighter
​James Carstater
jcarstater@aol.com
​Region 2 Firefighter
​Art Martynuska
​amartynuska@me.com
Region 3 Firefighter
​Joseph C. Mitchell
joe.mitchell@duboispa.gov​
Region 4 Firefighter
​Bruce Trego
brtrego@me.com​
Region 5 Firefighter
​Sam Aungst
saungst@cityofwilliamsport.org
Region 6 Firefighter
​Jeffrey A. Jumper
pasfab.region6@gmail.com​
Region 7 Firefighter
​Frank J. Zangari

Region 8 Firefighter
​Timothy Knapp
tknapp@pikepa.org​
Region 9 Firefighter
​Thomas O'Donnell
todonnell@norristown.org
International Association of firefighters president or designee
(first-, second-, or third-class city)

​Jeremy Warmkessel
l302president@gmail.com​
State Fire Commissioner or designee
​Thomas Cook
thomcook@pa.gov​
PA Professional Firefighters Association president or designee
​Robert Brooks
rbrooks@ppffa.org​
PA Career Fire Chiefs Association president or designee
​Dustin Ulrich
dulrich@chambersburgpa.gov​
​PA Fire and Emergency Services Institute president or designee
​Steve Bair
stevebair@comcast.net
​PEMA Director
​David "Randy" Padfield
dpadfield@pa.gov​
​Department of Health Bureau of Emergency Medical Services director
​Vacant

PA Association of Hazardous Materials Technicians
​Chris Tantlinger
ChristopherTantlinger@PAHazMat.com​
PA Association of Fire Equipment Distributors
​Adam Andrews
adama@frysfire.com​
​County Commissioners Association of PA
​Lisa Schaefer
lschaefer@pacounties.org​
PA Municipal League
​John Brenner
jbrenner@pml.org​
​PA State Association of Township Commissioners
​Nathan P. Silcox
nsilcox@hampdentownship.us 
​State Association of Township Supervisors
​Andrew J. Boni
boni@perrytownshipfayette.org​
​PA State Association of Boroughs
​Thomas Gramling
chiefdad3784@gmail.com​
​Association of Councils of Governments
​Linda Costa
lcosta@boroughs.org
Fire equipment and apparatus vendor
​Amy S. Sweitzer
amy.sweitzer@glickfire.com​