Speakers 2026
Alan Perdue, Executive Director, Safer Buildings Coalition
Chief Perdue has over 40 years of service in public safety. Chief Perdue is credentialed as a Chief Fire Officer (CFO) and Fire Marshal (FM) through the Center for Public Safety Excellence - Commission for Professional Credentialing, a graduate of the National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officers Program and holds degrees in Fire Protection Technology and Management/Ethics. In addition to serving as the Executive Director of the Safer Buildings Coalition since his retirement from Guilford County Emergency Services in 2013, Chief Perdue serves on the National Fire Protection Association 1225 Technical Committee, Underwriters Laboratories Standard #2524 Standards Technical Panel, Federal Communications Commissions - Intergovernmental Advisory Committee, National Association of Counties - Telecommunications and Technology Steering Committee and as an Elected County Commissioner in Guilford County, NC. Chief Perdue lectures extensively across the US and Canada about Emergency Responder Communications Enhancement Systems and is the co-author of the Complete ERCES Handbook. Chief Perdue's past public service includes serving as; the International Director representing Fire & Life Safety on the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) Board of Directors , the Governor's fire service appointee to the North Carolina State Building Code Council, a Commissioner on the Center for Public Safety Excellence's Commission for Professional Credentialing, a member of the International Accreditation Services Technical Advisory Committee for Fire & Life Safety Departments and a member of the International Code Councils Codes and Standards Council. Additional career highlights to local, state and national fire service organizations include Director at Large, Vice-Chair and Chair of the IAFC Fire & Life Safety Section, four terms as a member of the International Code Councils Fire Code Hearing Committee, Vice-chair and Chairman of the North Carolina Fire Code Revision Committee, President of the North Carolina County Fire Marshal's Association and as an advisory board member for the Guilford Technical Community College Fire Science Curriculum Program.