The mission of the WFCA is to respond to the challenges of a changing industry, to ensure greater protection of life and property from fire, natural and man-made disasters, or other sudden emergencies, by providing leadership, direction, and education to its members and affiliate organizations.
The State of Alaska Department of Public Safety is the state agency charged with providing functions relative to the protection of life, property, and wildlife resources. Approximately 19% of our population is Alaska Native and American Indians and yet they represent 35% of the deaths. Fire is the number one cause of death and injury for Alaska Native and American Indian children and this group has the second highest rates of death and injury from fires of any socio-economic group in the country. Reducing the impact of fires on Alaska Natives and American Indians is not an academic exercise. It goes to the heart of our mission.
The Center for Public Safety Excellence, Inc. (CPSE), a nonprofit 501(c)3 corporation, promotes continuous quality improvement by providing training and career resource information for the fire and emergency service agencies and personnel that serve communities throughout the United States.
Nick Iuppa
Nick Iuppa (M.A. Psychology of Communication, Stanford University) was Head of Instructional Design at Bank of America, and held similar positions at Hewlett Packard and Apple’s Learning Technologies Group.
In 1997 while working for Paramount Pictures, Mr. Iuppa became the principal designer of the StoryDrive Engine Project for the Defense Modeling and Simulation Office of the US Army. This project sought to create a story-based simulation training system to bring the power of "Hollywood-style stories to military simulations. Mr. Iuppa was also the principle instructional designer for the US Army’s Advanced Leadership Training Simulation (ALTSIM) and Paramount’s project lead on the Army’s Leaders Simulation Training Program.
21-6 Productions has a wide variety of talent and expertise, as well as extensive software development and management experience in software development, computer art creation, and game design and production. 21-6 Productions’ most recently released game, TubeTwist, won the first annual Independent Game Developers Showcase award at E3, was selected as the Best Single Player Game and Best Overall Game at the IndiGamesCon, and was nominated for an award in Technical Excellence at the Independent Games Festival.
National Interop, Inc.
National Interop, Inc. is a system integration firm specializing in radio communications interoperability with special focus on the Western states. The company’s expertise is driven by a team of public safety and technology professionals with deep subject matter expertise in radio, communication systems, advanced IP solutions and strategic consulting services for government and other agencies.