Paul Boissonneault is the Fire Chief and Community Emergency Management Coordinator for the County of Brant in South Western Ontario. He has been a Fire Chief for twelve years and was involved in the fire service in both career and volunteer capacities from firefighter to Chief Officer. He is currently the President for the Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs and has been on the executive since 2008. He has served on many committees for the CAFC including government relations, labor relations, fire and life safety and the membership committee as a co-chair. He is currently enrolled at Justice Institute of British Columbia completing his final year of his Bachelor of Fire and Safety Studies. He holds diplomas and certification as a Company Officer, Fire Officer IV, and Training Officer; and also holds a degree in Business administration. He is an Associate instructor for the Ontario Fire College for Incident Management and other Company officer programs. He has represented the CAFC internationally in Belgium, Ireland and the United States in addition to being a guest presenter across Canada. Chief Boissonneault has been involved with advocacy and change for the CAFC with the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Advisory Council and activities with Transport Canada since the tragedy in Lac Mégantic. Chief Boissonneault is a proud recipient of the Queens Diamond Jubilee medal in 2013 and continues to work extremely hard for the Canadian Fire Service. He is proud to present a Canadian perspective for Emergency management and topics relevant to Public Safety.