G. Crawford Wiestling, Advocate, State of Minnesota
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G. Crawford Wiestling
G. Crawford Wiestling is Fire Chief Emeritus of West End Fire & Rescue, Shippensburg, Pennsylvania. He is presently owner and president of Investigative & Loss Control Services, Inc., Prior Lake, Minnesota, a Minnesota suburb. Chief Wiestling's fire service and public safety career extends over 49 years. He has worked and has been involved in virtually every fire service position ranging from a volunteer firefighter, career firefighter, assistant fire chief, and fire chief. He has held positions in law enforcement as constable, deputy sheriff and served as Director of Public Safety for the City of Lock Haven, Pennsylvania. He was Civil Defense Director in Franklin County, Pennsylvania.
Chief Wiestling was one of the founders of the Franklin County Fire Chiefs Association and served as its first chairman. During his tenure as county Civil Defense Director, he was responsible for creating the county communication center, (PSAP). He also assisted several other counties to improve or create county communications centers.
Crawford has been actively involved in training programs throughout the country. As chief he taught programs in fire department management, vehicle rescue and highway emergency response procedures at the local, regional, and state level. He has also taught courses on fire investigation to the fire service and the insurance industry through a nationwide training program sponsored by the insurance industry. He has instructed at several state Chapter I.A.A.I. seminars and is currently on the training committee for the MN I.A.A.I. annual Minnesota Fire & Arson Conference.
Chief Wiestling is the awards committee chairman for the Yvorra Leadership Foundation, a major non-profit foundation designed to promote leadership in the fire service and emergency medical services communities.
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