John Sinclair is currently the Fire Chief of Kittitas County Fire District 2, which surrounds Ellensburg, in Washington State and under a consolidated services agreement, the Fire Chief and Emergency Manager for the City of Ellensburg. He has spent the past 29 years learning the craft and science of fire suppression, EMS, emergency management, management of projects and leadership of people. He has held the positions of firefighter, paramedic, lieutenant, battalion chief, assistant chief, deputy chief and fire chief learning from each position or department he has worked for.
Sinclair is also the Chair of the International Association of Fire Chiefs Emergency Medical Services Section. His involvement with the EMS Section over the past 12 years has allowed him to be involved with every major issue to face fire-based EMS for over a decade. This has allowed him to become an expert in EMS systems and on many operational areas.
In addition, Sinclair serves on: the Board of Directors for the Washington State Association of Fire Chiefs, the Advisory Board of Fire and Emergency Television Network (FETN), the Board of Directors for the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians, and on the Advisory Board for Tacoma Community College and Central Washington University’s Paramedic Programs.
