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Kevin Fetterman is the Senior Vice President of Public Safety Strategy at Watch Duty. Kevin retired after 30 years in the Fire Service, where he oversaw fire and emergency services for the cities of Tustin, Villa Park, and Yorba Linda. 

Chief Fetterman held every rank in the fire services up to Division Chief, including specialties such as SWAT, Hazmat, and US&R.

A leader passionate about Incident Management, Chief Fetterman is a qualified Plans Section Chief (Type 1), Strike Team Leader, and Division Supervisor. He also still serves as the primary Plans Section Chief on the FEMA Urban Search and Rescue -Blue Incident Support Team with response experience on various local, state, and federal disasters, including the Oso Mudslide in Washington, the 2013 Colorado floods, the Surfside condominium collapse in Florida, Tornados in Kentucky, and Hurricanes Helene, Matthew, Maria, Florence, and many others.

In 2022, Kevin was part of an international delegation that traveled to Israel to work with the Israeli National Response Unit and its Search and Rescue Professionals.

In 2024, and again in 2025, on behalf of the IAFC, Kevin testified to the United States House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Emergency Management and Technology.

In 2025, Kevin also testified to the State of California Senate Judiciary Committee on Support for Assembly Bill 426.

Kevin still serves on the IAFC Technology Council, FireScope Emerging Information Technology group, and Cal Chiefs Communications, Technology, and Connectivity Group.

Most recently, in 2024, Kevin was one of the Unified Incident Commanders for the Airport fire in Orange County, California, which burned 23,519 acres.