Robert Avsec

Robert Avsec currently serves as the Operations Chief for the Fire Service Psychology Association, where fire service leaders, psychologists, and masters-level clinicians are working to “bridge the gap between professional psychology and the fire service.” 

Avsec served with the Chesterfield, VA, Fire & EMS Department for 26 years and retired as a battalion chief/paramedic. He was an instructor for fire, EMS and hazardous materials courses at the local, state and federal levels, which included more than 10 years with the National Fire Academy. He earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Cincinnati and his master’s degree in executive fire service leadership from Grand Canyon University. He is a 2001 graduate of the National Fire Academy’s Executive Fire Officer Program.

He authors the blog Talking “Shop” 4 Fire & EMS and has published his first book, “Successful Transformational Change in a Fire and EMS Department: How a Focused Team Created a Revenue Recovery Program in Six Months – From Scratch.”