Episode 17 - Emergency Manager Jim Reid Discusses His Extensive Career, Merging EM Agencies, and Crisis Management for a Bomb Cyclone Blizzard

Introduction

Jim Reid has over 40 years of Emergency Response and Emergency Management experience. His career includes 20 years as a United State Air Force Firefighter/Fire Officer, County Fire Marshal, Deputy Sheriff Commander, Director Emergency Management, Executive Director Department of Public Works and Director of the Pikes Peak Regional Office of Emergency Management. He has responded to terrorist attacks in Germany, Loma Prieta Earthquake in California, Oakland Hills Fire California, Waldo Canyon Fire Colorado and managed and active office of emergency management during the Covid-19 pandemic. Jim served on multiple boards both locally and at the state level. Recently Reid was tasked with combining El Paso County and the City of Colorado Springs offices of Emergency Management into a regional team. Currently, Jim is retired and serves as the chair of the Falcon Fire Protection District Board.

Key Positions

- Director, Pikes Peak Regional Office of Emergency Management

- Director El Paso County Office of Emergency Management

- Executive Director El Paso County Department of Public Works

- El Paso County Fire Marshal, Colorado

- Associate Professor Pikes Peak Community College

- Associate Professor Colorado State University

- Chair Colorado State Waste Tire Board

- Chair Emergency Services Agency, El Paso County

- Chair South Central Homeland Security Region

Contact Information

Jim@blazefighter.net https://www.linkedin.com/in/jim-reid-987a1b13