Joe Maruca is chief of the West Barnstable, MA, Fire Department, which is a combination fire department on Cape Cod. He served as a volunteer firefighter from 1977 until becoming chief in 2005. He is a Massachusetts director on the National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC), serves as the vice chair of the NVFC’s recruitment and retention committee, and represents the Council on the NFPA 1917 Technical Committee.