Mike Novak

Mike Novak is the division chief of training and safety for Branson, MO, Fire Rescue. His areas of responsibility with Branson include training program management as well as health and incident safety. Novak serves as the Region 7 Volunteer Advocate Manager for the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation’s Everyone Goes Home program, and adjunct instructor for the University of Missouri Fire Rescue Training Institute, and a regional sales and training associate with Pleiadian Systems. He holds a master’s degree in public administration in emergency services administration and is credentialed as a Chief Fire Officer through the Center for Public Safety Excellence and as an Executive Fire Officer through the National Fire Academy. He presented on VR training at the inaugural FireFusion conference in November 2024.