On May 25, the United States Senate confirmed Gregory Brian Cade to be the next Administrator of the United States Fire Administration (USFA) at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Cade, who started out as a volunteer with the Glenn Dale Volunteer Fire Department in Prince George’s County, Maryland, has nearly 40 years of emergency management experience.
“I have had the pleasure of knowing Chief Cade for several years through the Institution of Fire Engineers,” said National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC) Chairman Philip C. Stittleburg. “He is intelligent, motivated, and a great choice for this position.”
Cade became a career firefighter in Prince George’s County in 1971, and after serving that department in various capacities for more than 20 years was hired as the Fire Chief for Hampton, Virginia. In 1998 he became the Fire Chief and Emergency Management Coordinator in Virginia Beach. Under Chief Cade’s direction, Virginia Beach became one of the first fire departments in the country to be accredited by the Commission on Fire Accreditation International.
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