JOHN K. MURPHY, JD, PA-C, MS, EFO, retired as a deputy chief after 32 years of career fire department service. He is a practicing attorney, whose focus is on employment practices liability, training safety, employment policy and practices, forensic evaluation on fire and EMS operations, internal investigations, subject matter expert in prehospital EMS and Fire Operations, and consulting on risk management for private and public entities. His past fire and medical experience has been as a paramedic/firefighter for more than 20 years; paramedic program director, chief fire officer, chief of training, emergency operations chief, and health and safety officer. He is a Physician’s Assistant and Fellow, American College of Clinicians, and has been a practicing physician’s assistant since 1977; his focus is on urgent, emergency, and prehospital medical care. He was a U.S. Navy Corpsman with the Marine Corps.
Air Date 3-7-12: Legal Prevention
Air Date 11-2-12: A look back at 2011
Air Date 11-29-11: Who is responsible for downed power lines?
Air Date 10-12-11: The training program and officer
Air Date 9-15-11: Photography at the fire scene
Air Date 8-17-11: Fitness, entry standards and litigation
Air Date 7-20-11: Salem, Oregon incident
Air Date 6-24-11: Apparatus accidents
Air Date 5-27-11: Legal issues affecting fire training and firefighting
