Evan Kardosh

With more than 15 years of fire and EMS experience and as advocate for fire-based EMS and integrated emergency response systems, Evan Kardosh currently serves as the chief of the Meadville, PA, Fire Department, where he established a fully licensed ALS ambulance transport service, that expanded staffing by 83 percent, modernized apparatus and infrastructure, and aligned operations with NFPA 1710: Standard for the Organization and Deployment of Fire Suppression Operations, Emergency Medical Operations, and Special Operations to the Public by Career Fire Departments. A certified fire and EMS instructor in Pennsylvania, Kardosh instructs on numerous fire and EMS topics as well as on leadership development. He was named the Meadville-Western Crawford County Male Emerging Leader and The Meadville Tribune’s Difference Maker of the Year.