PA Senate & House Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness Committees
Joint Hearing on Fire & EMS Issues
August 23, 2016
Monroe County Public Safety Center (100 Gypsum Road, Suite 201, Stroudsburg, PA)
Call to Order & Pledge of Allegiance
Welcome & Introductions
Senator Randy Vulakovich, Chairman
Senate Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness Committee
Representative Frank Farry, Chairman
House Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness Subcommittee on Security & Emergency Response
Representative Chris Sainato, Democrat Chairman
House Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness Committee
Panel #1 – Fire
Tim Solobay, Fire Commissioner
Commonwealth of PA
William Jenaway, Former Chairman
SR 60 Commission
Jay Delaney, Fire Chief/Emergency Management Coordinator
City of Wilkes-Barre – Bureau of Fire
Dan Luddeni, Chief
Pocono Mountain Volunteer Fire Company
Grant Parsons, Lieutenant
Lookout Fire Co. #1
Chief John Senft | Attachment
Fire Chiefs and Firefighters of York County
Frank Zangari, Chairman
PA Fire and Emergency Services Institute Statewide Advisory Board
Donald Zipp III, Deputy Fire Chief
West End Fire Company
Panel #2 – EMS
Donald DeReamus, Legislative Chair
Heather Sharrar, Executive Director
Ambulance Association of Pennsylvania
Janette Swade, Executive Director
PA Emergency Health Services Council
Tom Barnowski, Emergency Management Coordinator
Bushkill Township