Allan Rice has been the executive director of the Alabama Fire College and Personnel Standards Commission since August 2007. His public safety career spans 27 years, including 15 years of service with the City of Hoover Fire Department. He has previously served as a degree coordinator for fire science and EMS, as a consultant to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Center for Domestic Preparedness, and as a paramedic and trauma and flight nurse. Rice is the president of the North American Fire Training Directors. He received a paramedic certificate and bachelor’s degree in nursing from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and holds a master’s degree in public and private management from Birmingham-Southern College.