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Dr. Robert S. Fleming, a Professor of Management in the Rowan University Rohrer College of Business, is a highly respected author, instructor, conference speaker, researcher, and consultant within the fire and emergency services. He has been actively involved in fire and emergency services for more than 40 years and has served in numerous operational and administrative positions, including that of fire chief. He has served as a chief officer in three fire departments, currently holding the rank of Deputy Fire Chief, Administration in the Goshen Fire Company of West Chester, Pennsylvania, and serving as the department's Public Information Officer (PIO). In addition to a Doctorate of Education in Higher Education Administration, Dr. Fleming has five earned master's degrees, including a Master of Government Administration from the Fels Center of Government of the University of Pennsylvania. He is a graduate of the National Fire Academy's Executive Fire Officer Program and has completed the Senior Executives in National and International Security Program at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. The primary focus of his research, teaching, and consulting has been on the enhancement of organizational effectiveness, with an emphasis on local, county, state, regional, and national fire and emergency service organizations. His professional activities have included serving on the National Fire Academy (NFA) Board of Visitors for 13 years, including six years as vice chairman and six years as chairman, as president of the Keystone Chapter Fire Service Instructors, as board chairman of the New Jersey Society of Fire Service Instructors, and as chairman of the Certified Fire Protection Specialist Board. Dr. Fleming is a veteran member of the NFPA 1021 Technical Committee on Fire Officer Professional Qualifications. His current professional activities include serving as chairman of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Fire Service Certification Advisory Committee and the Chester County Local Emergency Planning Committee. He is a certified fire instructor in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, with numerous professional certifications and designations, including chief fire officer (CFO), executive fire officer (EFO), and certified fire protection specialist (CFPS). He has contributed to all of the major fire service publications and has developed and presented professional development programs for the Fire and Emergency Services Television Network (FETN) and at the National Emergency Training Center (NETC). Through his teaching, conference presentations, and writing, he has mentored numerous members of the fire and emergency services as they prepared to successfully enact the roles and responsibilities of both company and chief officer positions. Dr. Fleming is frequently called upon by print, radio, and television media sources as a subject matter expert in an array of fire and emergency services issues ranging from local incidents and issues to those of national scope and consequence. These interviews have included high profile and visibility television interviews including appearing on MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews in the days after September 11, 2001. His most recent books are Effective Fire and Emergency Services Administration (2010), Survival Skills for the Fire Chief (2011), and Emergency Incident Media Coverage (2013), published by Fire Engineering/PennWell Publishing.

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