J.J. Burke, MS HEM
Inspector Burke comes to the HEM Program from the Sandwich (MA) Fire Department where he has served for 17 years. He has served in the Communications and Suppression Divisions and was promoted to Fire Prevention Officer/Fire Inspector in 2005. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Fire Science from Columbia Southern University and a Master’s Degree in Healthcare Emergency Management from Boston University. Inspector Burke holds numerous National Firefighting Pro Board certifications and is a State of Massachusetts Certified Emergency Medical Technician. He is a regular speaker at the National Emergency Management Summit and the United States Public Health Service Training Symposium on Emergency Management issues. He holds DHS/FEMA qualifications as a Type III Operations Section Chief and trained by the United States Forest Service as a Facilities Unit Leader.
Inspector Burke has hosted several national webinars on LEAPS TV on public health disaster management where is he also a technical adviser. He has written articles for Domestic Preparedness an IMR Group publication and co-authored a White Paper to the United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs regarding Native American Public Health Preparedness.
In 2008, Inspector Burke consulted with the California Department of Public Health’s Immunization Branch on Drive-Thru Mass Vaccination Systems. He has also consulted for the United States Indian Health Service, United States Office of Minority Health, United States Coast Guard and the Massachusetts National Guard on Incident Command System principles and disaster management practices. He currently resides in Sandwich, Massachusetts with his wife Jaime and their daughter Emma.
