Thomas Breyer

Lieutenant (Ret.)
Assistant to the General President for Technical Assistance and Information Resources (TAIR), International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF)

Lieutenant (Ret.) Thomas Breyer is the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) Assistant to the General President (AGP) for Technical Assistance and Information Resources (TAIR). The IAFF is headquartered in Washington DC, with a Canadian office in Ottawa, Ontario, which represents over 335,000 career firefighters and EMS providers who protect more than 85% of North America's population.

Thomas served as a career firefighter-paramedic for 13 years, spending the bulk of that time with the City of Forest Park, OH, where he served as a firefighter-paramedic, lieutenant, and eventually the EMS coordinator. While at Forest Park, Thomas restructured and supervised a complete overhaul of the department's EMS responder. Driven by his passion for fire suppression and EMS responder, Thomas accepted a position at the IAFF as the Fire-Based EMS Specialist in the Fire and EMS Operations Department. Eventually becoming director of the department, Thomas worked to increase the IAFF's presence as a stakeholder with organizations that focused on EMS and the safe deployment of resources. Thomas serves on multiple boards and committees intended to promote quality service and safety within the fire and rescue service for responders and the community members they protect.

Thomas received a BLA from Xavier University and a MS in Health Science from the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences.