Eric Valliere has been an active member of the fire service for 29 years. During his career, he held the rank of firefighter, engineer, captain, battalion chief and deputy fire chief. Valliere currently is assistant fire chief of emergency services with the Scottsdale, AZ, Fire Department. He is the vice chair of the Fire Department Safety Officers Association (FDSOA). Valliere has associate degrees in business administration and fire science from Mesa Community College and a bachelor’s degree in business administration and finance from Columbia Southern University. He has been an FDSOA ProBoard nationally certified Incident Safety Officer since 2004 and has a Chief Fire Officer designation. Valliere is the chair of the Phoenix Regional Valley Safety Officers Committee and the co-chair of the Regional Operations Consistency Committee within the Central Arizona Life Safety Council.