Email Chief Ray

Chief Ray began his fire service career in 1984 as a volunteer fire explorer with the Pleasant View Volunteer Fire Department. He currently serves both career and volunteer agencies and is active with, local, state, and national organizations. Shane worked through the ranks of career and volunteer organizations serving as firefighter, engineer, lieutenant, captain, training officer, shift commander, deputy chief, and chief. Shane currently serves as Chief of the Pleasant View, Tennessee Volunteer Fire Department and Lieutenant with the Brentwood, Tennessee Fire Department.

Chief Ray received a Bachelor of Science in Fire Protection Administration from Eastern Kentucky University and a Minor in Political Science. He has used his education in both fields by making changes in local situations through award winning planning and leadership. Chief Ray is an advocate for political representation of the fire service. Shane also serves as the Mayor of the Town of Pleasant View and represents the fire service politically to state organizations. Shane chooses to lead by action, service and involvement. Shane is a visionary leader who understands that the key to taking the fire service to the next level is to become involved in government and community activities.

Shane also serves as a fire service instructor in Tennessee and teaches for fire departments across the state as well as an instructor for the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency. Shane began teaching at the National Fire Academy in Emmitsburg, Maryland in 2001. Shane is also a member of the Executive Fire Officer Program at the National Fire Academy, beginning the 4-year program in the Spring of 2002. Shane realizes the importance of training and has worked his entire career to enhance his own training while exchanging it with others.

Shane chooses to take a proactive approach to his fire service profession, and his department is a reflection of that approach. The Town of Pleasant View passed a very progressive Sprinkler Ordinance in 2001 that requires all commercial and multi-family units to install fire suppression sprinkler systems. In the Fall of 2002, the ordinance was amended to include residential homes, phasing this aspect in over a two year period. The proactive stand on fire protection will be a major life safety marketing point for the Pleasant View Volunteer Fire Department.

	Email Firefighter Seaton

Jeff Seaton has been a career firefighter and a student of the fire service for over 10 years in the United States and Canada. Jeff is currently a Firefighter for the City of San Jose, California. San Jose has 31 stations and is the 11th largest city in the nation. In San Jose, Jeff is a Battalion Rapid Intervention and Firefighter Survival instructor, EMT Proctor, Citizen CPR instructor and an IAFF Local 230 representative on the Department’s Safety Committee.

Jeff has been studying, training and educating others in Rapid Intervention and Firefighter Survival throughout the United States and Canada for many years. He went through Phoenix Fire Department’s Recovery Training following the Line of Duty Death of Firefighter / Paramedic Brett Tarver. Jeff is a Thermal Imaging Camera instructor, an instructor for the Monterey County Fire Training Officers Association and an adjunct instructor for various fire academies. Jeff has been an instructor for various fire departments. He has also been part of the Hands-On-Training staff at the following conferences: Los Angeles County Fire Department’s East Meets West, Fire Tech Reno, Firehouse World and Expo with TES2-Training and Education Services, Savannah, Georgia.

Jeff possesses a B.A. in Physical Education; he is one of two Western Regional Directors for the ISFSI (International Society of Fire Service Instructors) and is a California State Certified Fire Service Instructor. He possesses Firefighter I & II certificates from British Columbia, Canada (IFSAC, NFPA 1001 and 1002), Arizona State Fire Marshal and California State Fire Marshal (NFPA 1001).