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Chief Al H.Gillespie is a proven leader, seen as both innovative and dynamic. He has worked for a combined city/county government, county government, and is currently working again, for a city government. He has served in full career fire departments and in combination career and volunteer fire departments. He currently serves as the Fire Chief of the City of North Las Vegas, Nevada, a very culturally and ethnically diverse community and organization, and has worked as a leader in other diverse communities.

Chief Gillespie has served as the Treasurer and Vice-Chair for the Safety, Health, and Survival Section of the IAFC and is currently serving on the Membership committee. He has served as a Board Member of the National Society of Executive Fire Officers and also as the Secretary/Treasurer of that organization. He serves on the NFPA Technical Committee for Fire Service Occupational Safety and Health as an alternate.

Chief Gillespie has a strong labor/management background and has been a leader in developing team-working relationships between labor groups including the IAFF and AFSCME and management He has served as the Chairman of the Washington State Fire Chief’s Labor Relations Committee.

Chief Gillespie has a proven record as the Fire Chief in a multi-station, multi-battalion metro-size environment. Besides the usual experience as a leader of organizations that provide fire and EMS services, code and fire inspections, fire prevention, emergency management, and public education, he has experience as the Fire Chief in an organization that also provided fire and EMS protection for the municipal airport, and as a Chief Officer in charge of the dock-side ship board firefighting on the Columbia River. He has served in several state-wide mobilization for wildland fires.

Chief Gillespie’s education and qualifications include a Fellowship at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard, a BS in Fire Administration, two AA degrees, a management certificate, completion of the Executive Fire Officer Program from the National Fire Academy, a designated Chief Fire Officer through the Commission on Fire Accreditation International, and is a MIFireE with Institution of Fire Engineers.