John R. Brophy

Captain (Ret.) John R. Brophy, MSHS, FACPE has more than 39 years in the fire service as a firefighter, engineer, company officer and instructor. He has conducted training programs in local, regional, national and international venues on both fire and EMS topics. Brophy held administrative, operations and communications leadership positions in EMS. He is the author of numerous trade-journal articles and books on a variety of leadership topics. Brophy is the recipient of three firefighter of the year awards, a regional instructor of the year award, and a number of other meritorious and service awards in fire and EMS as well as in the military, where he served as a U.S. Navy Corpsman.