Stephen Coleman Jr. has been a member of the Massachusetts Fire Service for 35
years. With 21 years of senior management and leadership experience in municipal
government he is currently serving as the chief of the Auburn Fire Rescue Department and an Assistant Town Manager for the Town of Auburn, MA. He has previously held the ranks of Lieutenant, Captain and Deputy Chief.

Chief Coleman holds a bachelor’s degree in fire science and a master’s degree in public administration from Clark University. He is a Chief Fire Officer (CFO) designee through the Center for Public Safety Excellence, is a nationally certified Fire Officer IV, Fire Instructor II, and is a graduate of the UMASS Donahue Institutes Chief Fire Officer Management Training Program.

Chief Coleman is an instructor with the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy in their
Fire Officer programs and serves on the adjunct faculty at Quinsigamond Community College in their Fire Science program.

Chief Coleman speaks regularly on the topic of management, leadership, public
relations and customer service and has contributed previous articles to Fire Rescue
magazine, and is a past speaker at Fire-Rescue International, CPSE Excellence
Conference and many other state fire and life safety conferences.