Brian McQueen is past chief of the Whitesboro, NY, Fire Department and past director of the Firemen’s Association of the State of New York (FASNY). He serves as a New York director, executive committee member and cancer subcommittee chair for the National Volunteer Fire Council. He was awarded the Golden Trumpet from FASNY for his work on the New York State Volunteer Firefighter Cancer Benefit Program, and he is a board and founding member of the Believe 271 Foundation Inc.