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Assistant Fire Chief Earns National Recognition
 April 5, 2010 – North Las Vegas, NV – The International Association of Fire Chiefs Emergency Medical Services Section has named Bruce Evans, Assistant Chief of Business and Support Services for the North Las Vegas Fire Department, the 2010 recipient of the James O. Page EMS Achievement Award. The award presentation will take place May 3, at Fire-Rescue Med, the IAFC’s annual conference for fire service-based EMS leaders at the Orleans Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.
This award is given annually to an individual who has played a key role in creating and promoting non-clinical innovation and achievements in fire service-based EMS management and leadership that has had a positive impact nationally. The award is named in honor of the late James O. Page, who was a visionary and national leader in fire service-based EMS for more than three decades.
Evans has more than 28 years experience in a variety of EMS settings. He was named to the National Fire Academy’s strategic planning committee for EMS, he’s an adjunct faculty member of the NFA in the EMS, Incident Management and Terrorism programs, and a certified faculty member for the International Public Safety Leadership and Ethics training program. He is also an NFPA Fire Instructor III and a faculty member for the College of Southern Nevada’s Fire Technology Program.
Evans has been a long time member of the IAFC, serving on the Fire-Rescue Med Planning Committee, the Avian Flu Task Force, and as a representative to the NAEMSP. He is an accomplished writer, coauthoring texts in EMS and crew resources management, and writing a bimonthly column on EMS in Fire Chief Magazine.
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