Eastern Carolina Firefighters Association

Nashville, NC

Board of Directors

 Executive Board

President:
Doug Bissette
Department:
Wilson Fire Rescue Services
Office: 
Cell: 252.944.3000
dougbissette@gmail.com

First Vice President:
Chris Smith
Department:
Hertford County Emergency Management
Office: 252-358-7861
Cell: 252-642-7000
chris.smith@hertfordcountync.gov

Second Vice President
Jennifer Smith
Department:
New Hanover County Fire Rescue
Office: 910.798.7420
Cell:  910.470.1470
jesmith@nhcgov.com

Secretary:
Ronnie Hayes
Department:
Leland FD
Office: 910.371.2727
Cell: 910.367.2388
rhayes@townofleland.com

Treasurer:
Edwin Ezzell
Department:
Old Dock Cypress Creek VFD
Cell: 910.640.7444
edezzell@yahoo.com

Past President:
Ben Smith
Department:
Contentnea VFD
Office: 252.399.2884
Cell: 252.245.6119
wfrschief2@gmail.com

Directors

Chaplain:
Richard Proctor
Department:
Grantham VFD
Cell: 919.920.9465 

richardproctor@wcps.org 

 

Donnie Hall
Department:
New Hanover County Fire Rescue
Office: 910.798.7462
Cell: 910.612.9241
dhall@nhcgov.com

Ed Weigl
Department:
Number 7 Township VFD
Office: 252.633.4985
Cell: 252.229.9018
21P4@mail.com

Richard Pulley
Department:
Darlington VFD
Office: 252.583.2410
Cell: 252.532.3931
darlington131@aol.com

James Strickland
Department:
Morehead City FD
Office: 252.726.5040
Cell: 252.326.5489
james.strickland@moreheadcitync.org

David Yergeau
Department:
City of Whiteville FD
Office: 910.642.3112
dyergeau@ci.whiteville.nc.us

Allen Wilson
Department:
Surf City FD
Office: 910.329.1260
Cell: 910.789.0292
allenwwilson@gmail.com

Douglas Todd
Department:
Tri-Beach VFD
Office: 910.842.2333
Cell: 910.279.2959
dtodd@tribeachfire.com

Jason Edwards
Department:
Nashville Fire Department
Cell: 252.903.6510
jason.edwards@ncdoi.gov

State Board Members 

NC State Firefighters' Association
Doug Bissette
Department:
Wilson Fire Rescue Services
Office: 
Cell: 252.944.3000
dougbissette@gmail.com

NC Association of Fire Chiefs
Jennifer Smith
Department:
New Hanover County Fire Rescue
Office: 910.798.7420
Cell:  910.470.1470
jesmith@nhcgov.com

NC Fallen Firefighters Foundation
Jeffrey Shaw
Department:
Davie VFD
Cell: 252.532.2648
jt.shaw81@yahoo.com

NC Fallen Firefighters Foundation
Kevin McDonald
Department:
New Hanover County Fire Rescue
Office: 910.798.7420
kmcdonald@nhcgov.com

 

ECFA Committees 2021 - 2022 

Finance

Edwin Ezzell, Chair
Allen Wilson
Jason Edwards
Doug Todd

Marketing

Jennifer Smith, Chairperson
Jason Edwards
Donnie Hall
David Yergeau

Seminar

Ronnie Hayes, Chairman
Jennifer Smith
David Yergeau
Donnie Hall
Edwin Ezzell
Allen Wilson

By-Laws

Richard Pulley, Chairman
James Strickland
Jennifer Smith
Douglas Todd
Ben Smith

Nominations

Doug Bissette, Chairman
Allen Wilson
James Strickland
Ben Smith
Douglas Todd

Scholarship

Ed Weigl, Chairman
Doug Bissette
Donnie Hall
Chris Smith

Fire Department Assistance

Richard Pulley, Chairman
Ronnie Hayes
Ed Weigl
Allen Wilson
Richard Proctor

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#safre is shaping up to be another great conference!!South Atlantic Fire Rescue Expo Keynote Speaker: Rorke Denver, Navy SEAL Commander. New York Times Bestselling Author. Leader. Husband. Father.

Keynote Address: Thursday, August 11, 2022, Raleigh Convention Center

Biography

Commander Rorke T. Denver has run every phase of training for the U.S. Navy SEALs and led special-forces missions in the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, and other international hot spots. He starred in the hit film Act of Valor, which is based on true SEAL adventures. His New York Times bestseller, Damn Few: Making the Modern SEAL Warrior, takes you inside his personal story and the fascinating, demanding SEAL training program. In his second book Worth Dying For: A Navy SEALs Call to a Nation, Rorke tackles the questions that have emerged about America’s past decade at war–from what makes a hero to why we fight and what it does to us. Rorke was most recently seen on FOX’s American Grit. The series followed 16 of the country’s toughest men and women as they faced a variety of military-grade and survival-themed challenges set in the wilderness.

As assistant officer in charge of BRAVO Platoon at SEAL Team THREE, he was deployed to SOUTHCOM, the Central and South American Area of Operations. His platoon was the “alert” SEAL team for maritime interdiction, hostage rescue, counter-insurgency, and counter-narcotics. As SEAL officer aboard, Denver led his group’s response to a murderous uprising in the Ivory Coast nation of Liberia, launching advanced-force operations, conducting hydrographic beach reconnaissance, and helping to get U.S. Marines safely ashore.

In 2006, Denver was officer in charge of BRAVO Platoon of SEAL Team THREE in Iraq’s Al Anbar Province in one of the most combat-heavy deployments of any regular SEAL team since Vietnam. Stationed in Habbaniya, his team conducted over 200 missions including sniper operations, direct assaults, special reconnaissance, and ground patrols. Denver’s team has been widely credited with propelling the “Tribal Awakening” that helped to neutralize Iraq’s insurgency. Denver was awarded the Bronze Star with “V” for valorous action in combat.

After returning to the United States, Denver was appointed flag lieutenant to Admiral Joseph Maguire, commanding officer of Naval Special Warfare, traveling to Afghanistan and briefing Congress on SEAL operations. In 2009, he became First Phase officer of SEAL Basic Training including Hell Week, then rose to Basic Training officer. He went on to run all phases of training including advanced sniper, hand-to-hand fighting, communications, diving, and language.

Denver is the founder of Ever Onward, a fresh, new brand designed to use Navy SEAL principles to call leaders to take action, to suffer, and to be bold so they can perform at their highest levels. He is a highly-sought after speaker to companies and organizations and provides numerous innovative products and services to help teams and individuals live and perform at higher levels.

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