2 021 FELLOW CLASS Jeffrey G. Knight For over thirty years Jeffrey G. Knight served on the IMSA Communications Committee where he was an active contributor to the advancement of wireless technologies in both public safety emergency communications and wireless fire alarm and public emergency reporting systems technologies including system design, operating procedures, national standards development, and FCC licensing. Beginning in early 2011 he chaired the committee that was charged to update the FCC public safety frequency coordination office of IMSA. Through his leadership and vision IMSA joined with the Forestry Conservation Communications Association (FCCA) to create the nonprofit Public Safety Communications Associates (PSCA) in 2012. PSCA now provides low-cost public safety frequency coordination services to all public safety licensees in all bands and is the primary coordinator for Fire, EMS, Forestry and Special Emergency channels. He has over forty-nine years of experience in the public safety emergency communications, fire alarm, public safety signaling and the electrical field. He has been a member of IMSA for forty years and is the current president of the New England Section of IMSA, served on the International IMSA Board of Directors, chaired the Educational Advisory Council and is a Past President of IMSA. Jeff is a registered private vocational school instructor providing continuing education programs throughout the New England area. He is the past chair of the NFPA 72 Technical Committee on Public Emergency Alarm Reporting Systems including wireless technologies and serves on NFPA 1221, Standard for the Installation, Maintenance, and Use of Emergency Services Communications Systems. He began his career in 1981 as a Systems Engineer for the R.B. Allen Co., Inc. where he was responsible for the design, installation and project management of fire and police communication centers in all New England states. Notable projects included the emergency communications centers in the City of Boston MA, Providence RI, and Hartford CT. He also spent nine years managing all vehicle and fixed base equipment including the DVP network for the US Postal Inspection Service for the Northeast Sector. From 1989 to 2015 he served as the Superintendent of Communications City of Newton MA Fire Department where his responsibilities included the fire department radio
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system, the city-wide telephone network fiber optic and copper cable plant, the Public Emergency Alarm Reporting System, and the city-wide telephone network. From 1989 – 2004 he managed the licensing, installation and maintenance of the MetroFire T-Band Radio System that serves thirty-four communities including the city of Boston. Denis Marin, K6OLU Denis Marin is a Principal in Denis A. Marin Consulting. He has been involved in land mobile radio for 52 years, including working at Motorola, the Orange County, California, Sheriff’s office, and in his own consulting firm. He retired as Manager of Program Support at the Orange County Sheriff’s Department’s Communications and Technology Division, responsible for serving 130 agencies with over 27,000 subscriber radios that is currently being re-banded and upgraded to P25. He has extensive experience with SHS, UASI, PSIC, and other grant programs. He was a member of the Communications Response Team and is fully ICS 100-800 trained with COML and COMT training completed. He previous worked as a senior telecommunications engineer at Los Angeles County ISD, responsible for management of the Harris EDACS trunked simulcast countywide system. Mr. Marin spent over 26 years with Motorola in multiple positions in the distribution revenue business, as a senior systems engineer (International Distribution Group), creator of the International Project Engineering Services Organization, manager of the Central Systems Engineering and Program Management Organization, national service liaison for major cellular systems, and as technical services manager for the Hawaii Branch, among others. Mr. Marin also has experience serving as a reserve deputy sheriff with Los Angeles County. He is a member of the Radio Club of America (RCA), California Public-Safety Radio Association a chapter of the Association of Public‑Safety Communications (APCO/CPRA), and a member of National Public Safety Telecommunications Council (NPSTC) Working Committees. He possesses an FCC General Radio Operator license and has been an Amateur Radio operator since 1955. Mr. Marin serves as the treasurer of an RCA partner organization, GTWCA (the Government Wireless and Technology Communications Association).
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