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Director of US Regions
Paul N. Trumpore, Sr.
Paul is a 1993 graduate of Johnson University. He began working in Crisis Response in 1990, and became a member of the Federation of Fire Chaplains in June, 1991. Paul became the Southeast Regional Director for the Federation of Fire Chaplains in 2000, serving in this position until 2021 when he became the Director of Regions. Paul has managed the chaplain program for the City of Knoxville Fire Department since 2002 and is a division head over Public Fire Education as a Captain. Paul is one of the Founding members of the Tennessee Federation of Fire Chaplains and has served as Executive Director since 2002. Paul established the Tennessee Line-of-Duty Death Response Team in 2001, now part of the NFFF Local Assistance State Team program, serving more than 65 LODD families to date. Paul also serves as Secretary and Registrar to the Tennessee Fallen Firefighter Memorial Foundation. He formed the Tennessee Crisis Response Network in 2007 providing training to 16 various Tennessee teams. In 2019, all of the emergency service-based teams combined to form the Tennessee Disaster Mental Health Strike Team, which he coordinates. Paul is minister of Sullivan Road Christian Church in Knoxville since 1996. He and his wife Ann have six children, five grandchildren and have had fourteen foster children.
GREAT LAKES
Illinois-Indiana-Michigan-Ohio-Wisconsin
Director - Pete Shaffer
Phone: (740) 370-5490
NEW ENGLAND
Connecticut-Massachusetts-Maine-New Hampshire-Rhode Island-Vermont
Director - Jared Blake
Phone:1 (207) 329-2273
MID-ATLANTIC
Delaware-Maryland-New Jersey-New York-Pennsylvania-Virginia-West Virginia
District of Columbia
Director - Paul Hammaker
Phone: (724) 887-0477
Associate Director -Chaplain Cooper
phone: (410) 845-8305
MIDWEST
Iowa-Kansas-Minnesota-Missouri-Nebraska-North Dakota-South Dakota
Director - Floyd Ferguson
Phone: (816) 261-1900
Associate Director - Edgar Hatcher
Phone: (618) 207-9487
NORTHWEST
Alaska-Idaho-Montana-Oregon-Washington-Wyoming
Director - Joel Peterson
Phone: (971) 570-0103
Associate Director - Gino Palomino
Phone:(509) 209-1108
SOUTH CENTRAL
Arkansas-Louisiana-New Mexico-Oklahoma-Texas
Director - Charles (Chuck) McDade
Phone:(405) 831-7518
Associate Director - Keith Smith
Phone: (817) 480-5618
SOUTHEAST
Alabama-Florida-Georgia-Kentucky-Mississippi-North Carolina-South Carolina
Tennessee
Director - Gwen Noe
(615) 479-3954
Associate Director - Mark Goodman
(239) 405-1737
SOUTHWEST
Arizona-California-Colorado-Hawaii-Nevada-Utah
Director - Steve Arvin
Phone: (775) 560-4861
Associate Director - Tim Cheatwood
Phone: (909) 560-4216
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Director of Canada/International Regions
Gordon Kouwenberg
Phone:1 (250) 920-8083
Associate Director - Ray Parker (Canada)
Phone: 1 (250) 299-4373