TIMOTHY E. SENDELBACH NAMED EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF FireRescue MAGAZINE

APRIL 2, 2008—Elsevier Public Safety, publisher of FireRescue magazine, announced today that Timothy E. Sendelbach, president of the International Society of Fire Service Instructors (ISFSI), has been named editor-in-chief of FireRescue effective April 14.

Founded in 1997 by fire and EMS visionary James O. Page, FireRescue delivers solid, operations-focused information to firefighters, company officers and chief officers. The magazine is the official publication of the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC). Page, an icon in the fire service, built FireRescue into an industry-leading magazine operating under the vision, “Read it today, use it tomorrow.”

“I am excited to be taking on this new challenge and to have the opportunity to reach so many readers,” Sendelbach says. “It is also a very humbling honor to follow in Jim Page’s footsteps. I know he would be proud of how far the magazine has come, and—along with FireRescue’s dedicated technical editors and contributors—I look forward to being an integral part of that continuing success.”

For the past 5 years, Sendelbach served as president of the ISFSI; he will hand the presidency over to Chief Eddie Buchanan next week at ISFSI’s annual meeting. He is also president of TES2, a fire service training and education company based in Savannah, Ga., which provides educational programs and tactical training for fire departments, conferences and trade shows across the country and Canada.

Sendelbach is also one of six members appointed to the Post-Incident Assessment and Review Team investigating the Sofa Super Store fire in Charleston, S.C., in which nine firefighters died. He has served as chief of Fire Training for Savannah Fire & Emergency Services and assistant fire chief for Missouri City (Texas) Fire & Rescue Services. Sendelbach earned a Master’s degree in Leadership from Bellevue University, and a bachelor’s degree in Fire Administration and Arson from Eastern Kentucky University.

“Tim’s expertise in fire service training will be of immense value to FireRescue,” says Jeff Berend, vice president/publisher of Elsevier Public Safety. “This appointment will help us take FireRescue’s editorial vision into the future.”

Berend notes that Sendelbach’s experience teaching across the country meshes well with FireRescue’s focus on volunteer, career and combination departments, large or small, urban or rural. “Tim is committed to FireRescue’s focus of helping all firefighters do their jobs better—and safer,” Berend says. Sendelbach will also be instrumental in guiding the FireRescue editorial vision in the electronic medium, as well as in the live event arena.

For more information about FireRescue magazine, visit www.Fire-Rescue.com.