Preincident Planning

Dr. William F Jenaway, CFO, CFPS, CSP, CHCM, CPP, MIFE has over 40 years of fire service and fire inspection experience and holds AS, BS, MA, and PhD degrees. Dr. Jenaway began his career as a volunteer fire fighter in East Bethlehem Township in Washington County, Pennsylvania where he ultimately served as the Fire Chief and Fire Marshal. He subsequently served as the Fire Chief and President of the King of Prussia Volunteer Fire Company in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. He also served for 15 years as the Chairman of the municipality's Fire and Rescue Services Board. In 2001, Dr. Jenaway was named "Volunteer Fire Chief of the Year" by Fire Chief Magazine at the annual conference of the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC). In 2009, he was elected as Township Supervisor in Upper Merion Township, Pennsylvania where he served as the liaison to the Planning Commission and the Fire and Rescue Services. In 2011, he served as the Vice Chairman of Upper Merion Township, Pennsylvania.He has also testified numerous times before local, state, and federal legislative bodies. Currently, Dr. Jenaway sits on the Underwriters Laboratories Casualty Council. He is a member of the distinguished "Gilmore Commission," appointed by President Clinton and President Bush, which is studying the readiness of the United States to deal with domestic terrorism involving weapons of mass destruction. He is also the Vice Chairman on the International Commission on Fire Service Accreditation.Dr. Jenaway is the author of more than 200 articles on fire, safety, and management-related topics. He has also written sixexts on fire and safety discipline and four children's books. For many years, Dr. Jenaway authored the monthly "Inspect-O-Gram" series for the International Society of Fire Service Instructors (ISFSI) and taught classes for the ISFSI on fire inspection practices. Dr. Jenaway's over 30 year professional career focused on safety and fire protection engineering. He first served as an insurance field engineer and branch manager, where he was responsible for the inspections of properties, training clients in variousloss prevention issues, and testing fire and safety equipment and systems. Dr. Jenaway later served as the Director of Training for the loss control department of CIGNA Property Casualty insurance companies, followed by service as their Vice President of Technical Services. He also served as the Senior Vice President of Risk Control for the Reliance Insurance Companies. In all ofthese roles, fire and life safety inspection practices were a daily part of his activities. In addition, Dr. Jenaway served as the Chairman of the Pennsylvania Senate Resolution 60 Commission which studied the fire and emergency medical service (EMS) delivery system in Pennsylvania and developed legislative and operational recommendations to improve the fire and EMS delivery system. He also served as the Chairman for two National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Standards: NFPA 1250: Recommended Practice in Emergency Service Organization Risk Management and NFPA 1201: Standard for Providing Emergency Services to the Public. Dr. Jenaway is currently employed as the Executive Vice President of VFIS. Dr. Jenaway is an adjunct professor in the Public Safety Graduate School at St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the Legal Studies Graduate School at California University of Pennsylvania, and in the Fire Science Program at Columbia Southern University, an online university.