Timothy S. Cowan is a deputy fire chief with the Dewitt Fire District in Central New York and a 32-year fire and emergency services veteran. Cowan retired as a deputy fire chief/fire marshal from the City of Oneida, NY, Fire Department and is an active volunteer firefighter with the Canastota, NY, Fire Department. He is a Deputy Fire Coordinator and Fire Instructor for the Madison County, NY, Office of Emergency Management. He serves on the NFPA 1030 Technical Committee as a life safety educator member and also serves on the Firehouse media and FireFusion Conference advisory boards. Cowan is active with the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation and is currently the Region 2 Advocate Manager for the Everyone Goes Home program. He is a recent Executive Fire Officer Program graduate at the National Fire Academy and earned an associate degree in Fire and Emergency Services and a bachelor’s degree in Fire and Emergency Management, both from the State University of New York at Empire State. Cowan is a Fire Officer, Fire Marshal designee, and peer reviewer for the Center of Public Safety Excellence. He is also a Fire Service Occupational Cancer Alliance committee member for the First Responder Center for Excellence.