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Doyle Sutton became Regional Manager of the Southwest Region in January 2007. In January 2008 the region was realigned to include the states of Colorado, Arizona and Nevada. Previously, Sutton served four years as Nevada State Fire Marshal. During his service, from 2001 to 2005, he was appointed by Governor Guinn to serve on the Nevada Homeland Security Commission and the Nevada State Emergency Response Commission. He is a member of the Nevada Fire Chief’s Association and the Fire Prevention Association of Nevada. He served on the faculty staff at Truckee Meadows Community College in Reno as the Commander of the Northern Nevada Fire Rescue Academy, teaching and training current and future firefighters. He also served on the Underwriters Laboratory Consumer Product Safety Commission and was a member of the NFPA Building Fire Safety Section. Sutton began his fire service career in the Reno, Nevada area with the Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District, retiring in 1997. During this time he served as a Battalion Chief, Administrative Chief and Training Chief. He received his education in Fire Science Technology through the Truckee Meadows Community College and completed the Public Management Program at the University of Nevada - Reno. He is a highly decorated combat veteran who served with the U.S. Army in Vietnam. He also served in the Nevada Air National Guard Fire Department in Reno. He and his wife Ann have three grown children and recently adopted two boys, Sebastian now 4-1/2 years old and Larry who is almost 4 years old. They are proud to be foster parents to newborn infants and currently are caring for a one-year old girl.
Hot Issues:
- Denver has adopted
the 2003 IBC and ICC with many amendments
- Denver Fire
Prevention Bureau will begin Fitter Licensing and testing
- NFSA – Training Seminars - Classrooms, online or Hybrid http:/www.nfsa.org/index2.htm
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CFPA (Sprinkler Contractors) Meeting 0700 every third Tuesday, Holiday
Denver, I 70 and I 25
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SFPE Meeting 1st Wednesday each month –
Doubletree Hotel Westminster, CO - The next Chapter meeting is Wed.,
September 5, 2007, 11:45 am.
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Desert Southwest Fire and Life Safety Educators
Conference being held November 7-9, 2007
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Arizona SFPE Meeting Third Friday Sept – May 7:30am at
the Ranch House 2155 S. Dobson Mesa Rd.
http://www.azsfpe.com/index.html
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FMAC (CO.Fire Marshal) Meeting Third Friday each month
http://www.co-fmac.org/
- AZFMA (AZ Fire Marshal) Meets the 1st Wed of Each Month http://www.azfma.com