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To connect individuals, businesses, and emergency service entities to educational opportunities, life saving equipment and professional planning services to sustain the future.

Our Mission

On-Time Performance

Professionalism

Respect 

Responsibility

Compassion

Core Values

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MEET SCOTT RYNO

Scott has spent 39+ years in Fire and EMS volunteer and career positions. He has served as a provider (Firefighter/EMT), educator/instructor, Senior Administrator, and Chief Officer. Scott currently serves as the Fire Chief (volunteer) at Columbia Borough Fire Department in Lancaster County, PA as well as a Battalion Chief (career) at York Area United Fire & Rescue in York County, PA. In addition, Scott teaches programs through the PA Department of Health (EMT and EMR), and maintains instructor credentials through the American Heart Association and American Red Cross.

As a Fire/EMS Consultant for the past 20+ years, Scott has aided Fire and EMS companies and local government officials, and performed county-wide Fire/EMS system analysis for county government. Scott has been an industry-recognized professional grant writer for the past 20+ years, assisting Fire and EMS companies in securing millions of dollars in grant funds to purchase equipment and fund volunteer recruitment and retention activities. Over the course of a 39-year career, Scott has received numerous local, county, and state awards including award for valor at the county and state level.

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  • Battalion Chief - 2018-Present

  • Shift Commander 

  • Volunteer Recruitment and Retention Committee and Lead Grant Writer.

York area united fire and rescue

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Lancaster County Public Safety Training Center Foundation

  • EMS Instructor

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Columbia No. 1 Fire Department

  • Fire Chief – 2000 through 2010

  • Chairperson, New Building Project - 1.2 Million Dollar Project

  • Chairperson, 1996 Lancaster County Fire Association County Fire

  • Convention and 2003 Convention

  • 1996 Chairperson Pennsylvania State Firemen’s

  • Association Annual Convention

  • Successfully awarded $725,000 in Federal and State Grants 2002-2009

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  • Fire Chief 2015-2016

  • Fire Chief – 2021 to Present

  • New entity created August 04, 2015 – FIRST Fire Chief

  • 65 volunteers / 4 suppression units / 800 responses per year

  • Member Merger / Consolidation Steering Committee

Columbia Borough Fire Department

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