Dear Readers,
The Fire Engineering Books & Videos team has recently expanded, bringing together a group of talented individuals passionate about advancing knowledge in the fire service. The team includes experienced industry leaders who are dedicated to producing high-quality educational resources for firefighters and other first responders. We want to take this opportunity to communicate these changes, introduce some new faces, and outline the roles of each department.
The first of our changes starts with the Acquisition team. This team reviews manuscripts and determines if we will work with an author to publish a book. This team consists of the following members:
Diane Rothschild, Vice President, Editorial Director,
Diane.Rothschild@clarionevents.com
Many of you may know Diane from her years of work with the yearly FDIC conference, but recently, she has taken over leading the Acquisitions team. She is also responsible for editorial direction for our branded magazines and FDIC. She also partners with David Rhodes to help define book titles fire teams want to read.
If you have a book idea and would like more information on proposal submissions, or to submit a book proposal, click here!
Next is David Rhodes, Editor in Chief/Educational Director-Fire & Rescue, David.Rhodes@clarionevents.com
David is a retired Battalion Chief Atlanta Fire Department and newly appointed Editor in Chief of Fire Engineering and Educational Director of FDIC. He has a wealth of information on what our readers want, being an icon in the industry.
Then we have Christopher Barton, Development Editor,
Christopher.Barton@fireengineeringbooks.com
Chris has been with Fire Engineering Books and Videos for six years and now has transitioned to help authors on their journey to completing a book. He is a shepherd of the process and makes sure everything from staying on time with deadlines to cover art is ready for our Production Manager to publish.
Tony Quinn, Production Manager,
Tony.Quinn@fireengineeringbooks.com
Tony works closely with Chris and the operations team to get the books into production. He works with authors on page counts, proofreading, and indexing the books to prepare them for the printer. If you have written your book and it is now ready for the final steps before printing, you will most likely hear from Tony!
More changes have happened in our Operations Team. Mark Haugh has been promoted to Director of Video for Clarion Events.
Starlet Franz, Director, eLearning Content & Fire Engineering Books and Videos
Starlet.Franz@clarionevents.com
Star taken over as the Director of Fire Engineering Books & Videos, and she has more than 10+ years of public safety education with a project management background. She leads the operations team and the warehouse. On her team are Holly Fournier, Barb McGee, and Ross Yarroll.
Holly Fournier, Sr. Group Operations Manager
Holly.Forunier@fireengineeringbooks.com
Holly continues to support authors after production by maintaining stock levels and working with our ordering and inventory software to ensure we provide our authors and our customers’ products to order. She is also instrumental in our FDIC bookstore and the Author Dinner each year.
Teaming up with Holly is Barb McGee, Customer Service
Barb.McGee@fireengineeringbooks.com
Barb handles everything in customer service. If she is not answering phone calls, she is working with Fire Departments on adopting our books and finding better ways to sell more books.
And finally, there is Ross Yarroll, Warehouse Lead
warehouse@fireengineeringbooks.com,
Ross handles warehouse operations and is behind the scenes, ensuring we send out books once we sell them. He is also responsible for all conference show prep getting our books onsite for FDIC, and supporting our other trade shows.
With the new team, structure sets us up to serve you better in the future. If you have any questions, you can reach out to any of the individuals listed in this article or reach out to our online customer service at info@fireengineeringbooks.com, and your inquiry will be sent to the correct individual.
Stay tuned for exciting new titles from this dynamic and innovative team!