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DC Fire & EMS is aggressive about fighting and preventing fires. The Dept meets national standards for response times and fire suppression and has a robust community fire prevention and education program. #DC'S BRAVEST DC residents and businesses can count on #DC's Bravest to be there quickly to save lives and property. DC Firefighters arrive at fire scenes in 5 minutes and 20 seconds or less over 90% of the time , making them national leaders in meeting National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Standards. They also confine fires to the room of origin over 80% of the time, And they confine fires to the structure of origin over 95% of the time. Preventing Fire Fatalities Despite DC's Bravest's excellent record rescuing fire victims and preserving property, each year the District loses too many lives to fires, with an uptick in fire fatalities over the last few years. DC Fire & EMS works with the community to prevent these tragedies with its All Hands on Prevention and other programs. The Department has a strong Fire Prevention Division that on an annual basis conducts over 12,000 building inspections, investigates almost 200 arsons, installs over 3,000 smoke alarms, and conducts hundreds of fire safety education sessions for kids, seniors, and other residents and business owners. Learn More Learn More Safe Staffing D C Fire & EMS is fortunate to have the NFPA recommend ed staffing levels on its fire appara tus . While this staffing has been redu ced in other jurisdictions, as well as in DC during economic downturns in the past, DC fully staffs its apparatus. T he DC Fire & EMS Foundation supports maintaining current staffing levels for the safety of our firefighters and residents.

< Back J.R. Clark Board Member J.R. has extensive experience representing issuers and borrowers, and serving as underwriters’ counsel on tax-exempt and taxable borrowings that include use of revenue bonds, tax credits, tax increment financing opportunity zones and other economic development tools. Before joining the firm, J.R. served in the executive office of the mayor of Washington, D.C. as director for council affairs in the Office of Intergovernmental Relations, where he advised the mayor on all legislation before the District of Columbia Council. In this capacity, he oversaw the implementation of the mayor’s legislative agenda. Before working with the mayor, J.R. served as deputy general counsel in the District of Columbia’s Office of the Chief Financial Officer. There, he worked with the legislative branch on the District of Columbia’s budget and finances. J.R. is a DC native, resident of Ward 4, and member of the Leadership Greater Washington Class of 2012. He has served on, and as chairman of, several regional boards and associations.

< Back Michael Goldstein Board Member Prior to joining Tyton, Mike led the higher education law practice at global firm Cooley LLP and predecessor Dow Lohnes, and previously served as Associate Vice Chancellor and Associate Professor of Urban Sciences at the University of Illinois-Chicago and Assistant City Administrator and Director of University Relations for the City of New York. He serves as chair of the Board of Trustees of Vermont College of Fine Arts and is a Board member and past chair of Fielding Graduate University, which awarded him an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters for his contributions to experiential learning. He is a Director of the University of the District of Columbia Foundation and of The Washington Center, Vice Chair of the Board of The Washington Ballet and was formerly a Director of the American Association for Higher Education and a Trustee of Mount Vernon College, as well as a long-time member of the Friendship Fire Association. He has a BA in Government from Cornell University, a law degree from New York University and was a Loeb Fellow in Advanced Urban and Environmental Studies at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. Mike is a Ward 3 resident.

< Back Andrew T. “Chip” Richardson, III, Esq. Board Chair Chip previously held senior leadership roles with the DC Government. He served initially as Deputy, and then as General Counsel led a very proactive Office of the General Counsel for the Executive Office of the Mayor during the Honorable Adrian Fenty’s administration. He then served as Interim Director of the District of Columbia Office of Risk Management. Chip served a three-year term as a member of the Board of Directors of The Not For Profit Hospital Corporation, formerly known as Greater Southeast Community Hospital and United Medical Center. He previously served on the Board of Directors for Stargate, a nonprofit foundation in Richmond, Virginia that supported arts programming in public schools. He has been recognized by the District of Columbia Bar for his contributions to the practice of estates, trusts and probate law in the District, and he received a Meritorious Public Service Award from the Government of the District of Columbia for service to its residents. Chip lives in Ward 4 with his family.

< Back Sean Egan Board Member Sean established contacts throughout the District government and the region to the benefit of the Department, including service as Chairman of the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments Health and Safety Subcommittee. As an executive leader and trusted advisor, he has had a front seat and management role in some of the most impactful events of the 21st century, including historic Presidential inaugurations, major sporting events, national crises, and large-scale infrastructure transformations. Following his retirement from the Department, Sean served as the Response and Recovery Coordination Specialist of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Office of Emergency Preparedness. He is currently working as a risk management and emergency preparedness consultant. ​ ​

< Back Janene Jackson Board Member Having worked in all branches of the government of the District of Columbia, Janene brings a 360-degree approach to assisting clients with their government relations and lobbying needs, business development interests, and legal representations in administrative proceedings. Janene has served as deputy chief of staff and director of the Office of Policy and Legislative Affairs where she was responsible for the regional, federal and local relationships for the mayor, as well as lobbying the Council of the District of Columbia and Congress; senior vice president for government affairs at the DC Chamber of Commerce; committee counsel to Committee on Public Safety and the Judiciary Chairman Phil Mendelson; executive director of the State Complaint Office of the District of Columbia Public Schools; assistant corporation counsel in the Office of Corporation Counsel; and clerk for the Honorable Donald L. Ivers of the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, as well as for the Honorable Reggie B. Walton, formerly of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. Janene is a Ward 4 resident. ​ ​