Board of Directors

The Board of Directors meet at 10:00 am on the last Sunday in March, May, September and November at the Brookfield Fire Hall and hold a conference call on the last Sunday in January at 7:00 pm.

 
 

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Dave Burnet
FSANS President

Dave Burnet started his fire service career as a Volunteer, with the Waverley Fire Department in 1986. In 1989 he was hired as a Career Firefighter with the former Town of Bedford. more...

 
 

Rod Nielson

FSANS 1st Vice President

Biography unavailable at this time.
 
 

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Jim Roper

FSANS 2nd Vice President

Jim Roper joined the Pictou Landing Fire Dept as a junior Fire Fighter in the 1970’s and has been an active member ever since. more...

 

 
 
 

Beth Searle

Executive Director

Beth Searle has retired from HRM Fire & Emergency Services, she was there since 2005 in the role of Administrative Support for Operations. She has over twenty years experience in the administrative field, more...

 

 
 
 

Mike Lockett

FSANS Director for Annapolis County

Biography unavailable at this time.

 

ALTERNATE: Russ Mackintosh
 
 

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FSANS Director for Antigonish County

 

ALTERNATE: Greg Smith
 
 

Brent Denny

FSANS Director for Cape Breton Regional Municipality

Biography unavailable at this time.

 

 

ALTERNATE: Bernie MacKinnon
 
 

Terry Canning

FSANS Director for Colchester County

Terry has been Deputy Chief of Brookfield Fire and Emergency Services since 2001 and has held numerous other offices since joining the fire service in 1980. more...

 

ALTERNATE: Merlyn Smith
 
 

Andy Yarrow

FSANS Director for Cumberland County

Andy Yarrow has been with the Pugwash District Volunteer Fire Department since September 1994. He is a Level I Firefighter and has progressed through the ranks of the Pugwash Fire Department to currently hold the position of Fire Chief. more...

ALTERNATE: Lyman Bacon
 
 

Daniel Gaudet

FSANS Director for Digby County

Daniel has been a member of the Saint-Bernard Fire Department for 22 years, having held numerous positions within the Department and has been Fire Chief for the last 6 years. more...

 

ALTERNATE: VACANT
 
 

Ian Gunn

FSANS Director for Guysborough County

Biography unavailable at this time.

ALTERNATE: Shawn Andrews
 
 

Lloyd Currie

FSANS Director for Halifax Regional Municipality

Lloyd Currie started his fire service career in 1995 as a volunteer in Fall River NS. Moving up through the ranks he held many different positions .. more...

ALTERNATE: Gord West
 
 

Mac Noble

FSANS Director for Hants County

Mac has 41 years of volunteer Fire Service in Nova Scotia fire with 36 in Elmsdale and 23 as Chief Officer. He is a "Charter Member" of Chief Fire Officers of Nova Scotia since it was formed in 1964 and supported that organization until it became FSANS.. more...

ALTERNATE: Glen Paul
 
 

Ian MacKinnon

FSANS Director for Inverness County

Ian MacKinnon has been the Director representing Inverness County for a number of years. He is the Fire Chief of the Port Hastings Fire Department and has served in the fire service for over forty years. At present he is the President of the Strait Area Mutual Aid Association. more...

ALTERNATE: Robert MacEachern
 
 

Philip Porter

FSANS Director for Kings County

Biography unavailable at this time.

ALTERNATE: Darrel Geddes
 
 

Bill Falkenham

FSANS Director for Lunenburg County

Biography unavailable at this time.

ALTERNATE: Wayne Thorburne
 
 

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Vacant

FSANS Director for Pictou County

 

 

ALTERNATE: Jack Ross
 
 

David Lohnes

FSANS Director for Queens Regional Municipality

Biography unavailable at this time.

 

ALTERNATE: Steven Parnell
 
 

Raymond Ferguson

FSANS Director for Richmond County

Raymond has been a volunteer firefighter for the past 28 years, holding positions of Captain and Deputy Chief before coming Chief of the St. Peter’s and District Volunteer Fire Department more...

ALTERNATE: VACANT
 
 

Dale Richardson

FSANS Director for Shelburne County

Biography unavailable at this time.


ALTERNATE: VACANT
 
 

Scott MacKinnon

FSANS Director for Victoria County

Biography unavailable at this time.

 

 

ALTERNATE: Dwayne Symes
 
 

Hector Babin

FSANS Director for Yarmouth County

Hector joined the Eel-Brook & Districts Fire Department in 1978 and moved up the ranks to become Chief in 1990. Presently he is a member of the MFCA, CAFC and FSANS. Director for the Yarmouth County Mutual Aid Association and Vice president of the Argyle Municipal Firefighters Association.

ALTERNATE: Art Earle
 
 

Paul MacCormick

Fire Marshal's Office

Paul MacCormick has been a Deputy Fire Marshal since 1987 working from the regional office in Sydney. more...

ALTERNATE: Harold Pothier
 
 

John Cunningham

Nova Scotia Firefighters School

Biography unavailable at this time.

ALTERNATE: Preston Ilsley