Leadership

Board of Directors
District Representatives
Past Presidents

Board of Directors

Chief Mark Kidd

President
Pleasant Valley Joint Fire District
650 W. Main St.
Plain City, OH 43064
Phone: 614.873.4067

Chief Colin Altman

President-Elect
Miami Twp Fire-Rescue
225 Corry St.
Yellow Springs, OH 45387
Phone: 937.767.7842

Deputy Chief Richard Vober

Vice President
City of Akron Fire Department
81 West Thornton St.
Akron, OH 44308
Phone: 330.375.2411

Retired Chief Matt Noble, OFC

Noble 3

Sergeant-at-Arms
1070 Amherst Blvd
London, OH 43140
Phone: 740.248.6480

Chief Rick Anderson, OFE, OFC

Past President
Ashland Fire Division
274 Cleveland Ave.
Ashland, OH 44805
Phone: 419.289.6575
Fax: 419.289.7660

Michelle Fitzgibbon

Executive Director/Legislative Agent
The Fitzgibbon Group
88 E. Broad Street, Suite 1305
Columbus, OH 43215
Phone: 614.378.2156

Chief Paul Wright, OFC

Wright

IAFC Great Lakes Ohio Representative
Montgomery Fire Department
10150 Montgomery Rd.
Montgomery, OH 45242
Phone: 513.985.1633
Fax: 513.985.0870

District Representatives

Chief Mike Ramm, BS, OFE, OFC

Ramm 2

Northwest District Director
Sylvania Township Fire Department
8210 Sylvania Ave.
Sylvania, OH 43560
Phone: 419.882.7676
Fax: 419.885.1733

Chief Keith Kahler

North Central District Director
Danbury Township Fire Department
9551 E. Harbor Rd.
Lakeside, OH 43440
Phone: 419.798.5219
Fax: 419.798.9122

Chief John M. Frazier, MPA, CFO, OFC

Frazier 2

Northeast District Director
Russell Fire Department
P.O. Box 522
Novelty, OH 44072
Phone: 440.338.6161

Chief Jack Rupp, Jr.

Rupp 1

South Central District Director
Plain Township Fire Department
P.O. Box 273
New Albany, OH 43054
Phone: 614.855.7370
Fax: 614.855.9972

Chief Steve Kelly, OFE, OFC

Kelly 1

Southwest District Director
Miami Twp Fire/EMS
5888 McPicken Dr.
Milford, OH 45150
Phone: 513.965.6808

Retired Chief David Lacy

Lacy 2

Southeast District Director
110 W. Third Street
Dresden, OH 43821
Phone: 740.586.2841

Chief Joseph Kitchen, OFC

Kitchen 4

At-Large Director
Bath Township Fire Department
1787 N. Dixie Highway
Lima, OH 45801
Phone: 419.221.0550

Chief Vince Harris, OFE, OFC

At-Large Director
Greentown Fire Department, Inc.
10100 Cleveland Ave NW
Uniontown, OH 44685
Phone: 330.495.0971

Chief Jeff Deeks, OFE, OFC

Deeks
At-Large Director
Cambridge Fire Department
902 Gaston
Cambridge, OH 43725
Phone: 740.432.3232

OFCA District Map

Past Presidents

2020-2021

Chief Rick Anderson, OFE, OFC
Ashland Fire Division

2019-2020

Chief Jonathan Westendorf, MPA, OFC
City of Franklin Division of Fire

2018-2019

Chief Mark Martin, OFC
Perry Township Fire Department

2017-2018

Retired Chief Bill Houk, OFE, OFC
Jefferson Township

2016-2017

Chief Jeff Klein, OFE, OFC
Perrysburg

2015-2016

Chief William J. Shaw, EFO, OFC
Solon

2014-2015

Chief Paul Wright, OFC
Montgomery

2013-2014

Chief Porter "Chip" Welch, J.D., OFE, OFC
Scioto Township

2012-2013

Chief Bruce Moritz
Allen-Clay Joint Fire District

2011-2012

Chief Mike Warner, OFE
Concord Township

2010-2011

Chief Bernie Ingles, OFE
Westerville

2009-2010

Chief Clifford L. Mason, OFE
Madison Township

2008-09

Chief Clyde McKenzie
Bazetta

2007-08

Chief Thomas Wallace
Farmersville

2006-07

Chief George Brown, OFE
Howland Township

2005-06

Chief Scott Skeldon
Jerome Township

2004-05

Chief Melvin R. House, Jr.
Willoughby

2002-04

Chief R. Stanley Crosley
Sidney

2000-02

Chief Kenn Taylor
Violet Township

1998-2000

Chief John Preuer
Mentor

1996-98

Chief Larry Collins
Dayton

1994-96

Chief Dale Duermit
Sharonville

1992-94

Chief Michael Gibbons
Upper Arlington

1990-92

Chief Robert Weitzel
Green Township

1989-90

Chief Marvin Olney
Perry Township

1988-99

Chief Ronald Hutchings
Parma Heights

1987-88

Chief Larry Flowers
Madison Township

1986-87

Chief Thomas J. Grile
Huber Heights

1985-86

Chief Ronald Sowers
Circleville

1984-85

Chief William Lee
Cleveland

1982-84

Chief Jeff Duber
Bedford

1981-82

Chief Edward F. Schuch
Wooster

1980-81

Chief Paul W. Martin, Jr.
Hudson

1979-80

Chief Richard C. Macke
Norwood

1978-79

Chief Leonard Ott
Parma

1977-78

Chief Raymond Fadley
Columbus

1976-77

Chief Robert M. Counts
Troy

1975-76

Chief Ray A. Bement
North Olmsted

1974-75

Chief Bernard Johnson
Ashland

1973-74

Chief William Barry
Cleveland

1972-73

Chief Burt Lugannani
Cincinnati

1971-72

Chief E. E. Malloy
Newark

1970-71

Chief Willard Gillespie
Hamilton

1969-70

Chief Eugene Rogers
Bedford Heights

1968-69

Chief Wilbur Bills
Delaware

1967-68

Chief Louis Rozsa
Dayton

1966-67

Chief Paul Bing
Sandusky

1965-66

Chief Don Simon
Massillon

1964-65

Chief James C. Gross
Champion Township

1963-64

Chief Dan F. Vogel
Cincinnati

1962-63

Chief G. F. Vernotzy
Akron

1961-62

Chief Forrest B. Lucas
Dayton

1960-61

Chief Fred W. Lange
East Cleveland

1959-60

Chief Homer Johnson
Findlay

1958-59

Chief Willard C. Compton
Springfield

1957-58

Chief Geo Schlotterbeck
Hamilton

1956-57

Chief Carl Whitman
Doylestown

1955-56

Chief A. F. Papenhagen
Toledo

1954-55

Chief Elmer Cline
Sylvania

1953-54

Assistant Chief C. T. Donnelly
Lakewood

1952-53

Chief W. L. Hydaker
Lima

1951-52

Chief Robert Young
Youngstown

1950-51

Chief Raymond Earle
Massillon

1949-50

Chief Wm.H.Cheesman
Harrison Township

1947-49

Battalion Chief W.R. Ferrie
Cleveland

1946-47

Chief Roger C. O'Donnell
Covington

1945-46

Assistant Chief C. W. Ogborn
Columbus

1944-45

Chief Merle W. Gifford
Boardman

1943-44

Chief Frank C. Vernotzy
Akron

1941-43

Chief Joseph A. Kirby
Dayton

1940-41

Chief Louis P. Seiler
Cuyahoga Falls

1939-40

Chief Vincent Malloy
Salem

1938-39

Chief Charles A. Delaney
Lakewood

1937-38

Chief Grover L. Frock
Springfield

1936-37

Chief Harry E. King
East Cleveland

1935-36

Chief Edward Green
Steubenville

1934-35

Chief E. P. Welch
Columbus

1933-34

Chief Harry J. Callan
Youngstown

1932-33

Chief William Conlin
Hamilton

1931-32

Chief Edward Green
Steubenville

1930-31

Chief John A. Grogg
Tiffin

1929-30

Chief Robert R. Leedom
Portsmouth

1928-29

Chief John D. Curtis
Sandusky

1927-28

Chief Thomas J. McFarland
Marion

1926-27

Chief W. H. Remy
Mansfield

1925-26

Chief D. K. Moser
Warren

1924-25

Chief Joseph H. Speddy
Lakewood

1923-24

Chief Thomas J. Gaugh
Conneaut

1921-23

Chief James R. Fitton
Bellaire

1919-21

Chief Samuel F. Hunter
Springfield

1918-19

Chief Jenkins Daniels
Columbus

1910

Assistant Chief Jack Welsh
Columbus