A Brief History of CACDACFO
The Caribbean Association of Chief, Deputy and Assistant Chief Fire Officers, CACDACFO is a regional organization comprised of Caribbean Fire Service Administrators, Chiefs, and Senior Fire Officers from countries within the Caribbean. Our operation structure and objectives fairly mirrors those of similar groups in the United Stated and the United Kingdom and other developed regions, in seeking to unify and upgrade emergency response potential and techniques.
CACDACFO inauguration ceremony was held on September 17, 2001 at the Trinidad and Tobago Hilton Conference room under the auspices of the Honorable Prime Minister Basdeo Panday.
The Organization primary objective is to prevent and minimize the loss of life, personal injury, damage to property and the environment by improving and promoting the best quality of firefighting, rescue, fire protection and fire prevention. The body also provides expert professional advice, leadership research, informed comments and other services, to CACDACFO member organizations and other entities upon request.
The formation of the Association has it background in more than six years of planning and will promote and maintain, among other things, a coordinated approach and training programs. CACDACFO also provides forums for constrictive discussion, exchange of information and shared experience amongst fire service personnel in the Caribbean Region.
In an effort to promote regional participation and growth, the CACDACFO Constitution allows the president to serve limited terms.  Chief Gregory N. Richards of St. Croix, USVI is the current President and the mantle is due to be passed on to the Chief Fire Officer of Anguilla in 2007.
CACDACFO has three (3) standing committees dealing respectively with-: Policy, Codes and Standards; Operations and Communications; Personnel Training, Appliances Equipment and Uniforms.  
Chairpersons elected by the body every two years guide the committees. The chairman of each standing committee is as follows:     
1. General Policy Codes and Standards Committee – DCFO Andre West - Montserrat
2. Operations and Communications Committee - CFO Anthony Lewis –Tortola, BVI
3. Personnel Training, Appliances, and Uniforms Committee CFO Baldwin Joyce- Antigua  
        Some key issues addressed at the last General Meeting in St. Croix, USVI were:-
Ø      Implementation of a Caribbean Firefighter of the Year Award. Structure to be developed.
Ø      Reconstituting the CACDACFO Strategic Plan and the Business Plan
Ø      The establishment of regional inventories of equipment and appliances
Ø      Mechanisms for the sharing of information on the performance of various brands of Appliances and Equipment.
Ø      Government to Government arrangements for the Training of Fire Personnel
Ø      Assistance in the separation of Fire Service Division from within the folds of Law Enforcement (Police) organizations that they are attached to presently.
Ø      Establishing a social framework for the integration of the Caribbean Fire Service from the highest level down. 
Ø      Development of an Internet web site and other communication tools for CACDACFO members.
Ø      Setting up of a Secretariat Office necessary to be proactive in times of disaster and to improve communication.
Ø      Formalize collaborative relationship with CDERA and CAFF.
Ø      Consideration of NFPA Standards for use throughout the Region.
Ø      The Development of a database of available special technical skills and resources in the region. 
Ø      Distribution of the CACDACFO Members Code of Conduct.
 The Association is comprised but not limited to representative form the following Fire Service Organizations:

 
 Anguilla
 Antigua & Barbuda
 Bahamas Fire Service
 Barbados Fire Service
 Bermuda Fire Service
 Cayman Islands Fire Service
 Dominica Fire Service 
 Guadeloupe Fire Department
 Grenada Fire Department 
 Guyana Fire Department
 Jamaica Fire Brigade
 Martinique Fire Service
 Montserrat Fire Service
 St. Kitts and Nevis Fire Service
 St. Lucia Fire and Maarten Fire Service
 St Vincent and the Grenadines 
 St. Eustatius Fire Service
 Saba Fire Services 
 Suriname Fire Service
 Trinidad & Tobago Fire Service 
 Puerto Rico
 British Virgin Islands
 Dominican Republic
 U.S. Virgin Islands 
 
 

 

ANGUILLA
Horace Archie  
Chief Fire Officer
Control Tower - Wallblake Airport
Tel:             (264) 497-8395
Email:s5tar@hotmail.com
Desmond Richardson
Fire Service Officer
Control Tower - Wallblake Airport
Anguilla
Tel:             (264) 497-8395/497-8373

ANTIGUA
Baldwin Joyce, CFO 
Assistant Commissioner
Police Headquarters
American Road
St. John’s, Antigua

Llewellyn Joseph
Superintendent
Police Headquarters
American Road
St. John’s, Antigua
Tel:             (   ) 464-5410

BAHAMAS
Jeffrey Deleveaux
Director Assistant Superintendent
Fire Services
c/o Royal Bahamas Police Force
Nassau, Bahamas
Fax:  (242) 326-8107

Alexander Roberts 
Chief Fire Officer
Fire Services
c/o Royal Bahamas Police Force
Nassau, Bahamas
Tel:             (242) 325-8528
Fax:            (242) 326-8017
Email:        alexandersroberts@hotmail.com
BARBADOS
Chesterfield Mayers 
Chief Fire Officer
Barbados Fire Service
Fire Service Headquarters
Probyn Street
Bridgetown, Barbados
Tel:             (246) 426-1236/426-3504
Fax:            (246) 435-0794
Email:        adminoffice@fireservice.gov.bb
                    fireservice@barbados.gov.bb
Website: www.fireservice.gov.bb
 
BERMUDA
Vincent Hollinsid 
Chief Fire Officer
No. 49 King Street
Hamilton
Bermuda
Tel:             (441) 292-5555
Fax:            (441) 295-2316
Email:        vhollinsid.gov.bm 
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
Leando Stout
Chief Fire Officer     
B.V.I. Fire and Rescue Service Department
Government of the B.V.I.
H. Anthony Lewis 
Chief Fire Officer     
T.B.L International Airport
Fire & Rescue Service 
DOMINICA
Julien Jn Baptiste 
Chief Fire Officer
Fire & Ambulance Services Headquarters
Roseau, Dominica
Tel:             (767) 448-2889
Fax:            (767) 449-9281
Email:        chiefjajal@yahoo.com
GRAND CAYMAN ISLANDS
Kirkland Nixon 
Chief Fire Officer
Grand Cayman Fire Department
P.O. Box 1804
G.T.
Port Road, Georgetown
Grand Cayman Islands
GRENADA
Sheridan J.S. Williams , CFO 
Superintendent of Police
Grenada Fire Service
C/o Royal Grenada Police Force
Fort George
St. George, Grenada
Tel:
Fax:            
Email:
 
GUADELOUPE
Florent Treil  
Lieutenant – Colonel
Directeur Departement des Services
D’ Incendie et de Secours
Rue Ho chi minh – 97110
Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe
Tel:
Fax:            
Email:
 
GUYANA
David Lawrence 
Chief Fire Officer
Guyana Fire Service
No. 11 Water Street
Georgetown, Guyana
Tel:
Fax:            
Email:
 
MARTINQUE
Directeur Sapeurs Pompiers )
Caserme BD Adhemar
Madock
Fort de France, Martinique
Tel:
Fax:            
Email:
 
MONTSERRAT
Andre West 
Deputy Chief Fire Officer
Montserrat Fire Brigade
Police Headquarters
P.O. Box 177
Plymouth, Montserrat
Tel:             (664)491-3251
Fax:
Email:        montfire@candw.aj
                    dra_west@hotmail.com
 
NETHERLANDS ANTILLES
Andre Bennet 
Chief Fire Officer
St Eustatius Fire Department
Concordia
St. Eustatius
Netherlands Antilles
Tel:             (599) 318-2715/318-2473
Fax:            (599) 318-2817
Email:        firedept@goldenrock.net
 
SABA
Officer Arthur Hasell                   
Saba Fire Department
The Bottom
Saba
Tel:
Fax:            
Email:
 
ST. KITTS/NEVIS
Hester Rawlins (Ag) 
Chief Fire Officer
Basseterre Headquarters,
C/o Ministry of National Security and Information,
Church Street
Basseterre, St. Kitts Nevis
Tel:             (469) 466-3444/465-6508
Fax:            (469) 465-3845
Email:        sknfrs@caribsurf.com
 
ST. LUCIA
Paul Edgar  (Ag)
Chief Fire Officer
Saint Lucia Fire and Emergency Service
P.O. Box 496
Jeremie Street
Castries, St Lucia
Tel:             (758) 451-7667
Fax:
Email:        firedept@candw.lc
Email:        gasparda@hotmail.com
 
ST. MAARTEN
Officer Winston Salamon 
St Maarten Fire Service Department
Phillips Burke, St Maarten
Tel:
Fax:            
Email:
 
ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
Joseph Jack, CFO 
Acting Superintendent
St. Vincent Fire Service
Police Headquarters
P.O. Box 835
Kingstown,
St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
Tel:             (784) 457-1211
Fax:
Email:        putty294@hotmail.com
 
SURINAME
A.L. Tjon Tsien (3)
Suriname Fire Service
Beriengde Gemenelandsweg
Paramaribo
Suriname
 
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
Lennox Alfred (5)
Chief Fire Officer
Trinidad and Tobago Fire Service
Wrightson Road
Port of Spain
Trinidad and Tobago
Tel:             (868) 623-8463
Fax:            (868) 623-8463
                    
Noel Jones
Assistant Chief Fire Officer
Trinidad and Tobago Fire Service
Wrightson Road
Port of Spain
Trinidad and Tobago
Tel:             (868) 671-6196/680-1680
Fax:            (868) 623-8463
Email:        noro32@yahoo.com
 
Leslie Skeete
Assistant Chief Fire Officer
Trinidad and Tobago Fire Service
Wrightson Road
Port of Spain
Trinidad and Tobago
Tel:             (868) 671-6196/640-0011
Fax:            
Email:
 
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS
Gregory N Richards 
Chief Fire Officer
St Croix Rescue
Kingshill
U.S. Virgin Islands
Tel:             (340) 692-9400
Fax:            (340) 692-9401
Email:        Gnr.video@worldnet.att.net
 
Anthony Marlon
Assistant Chief
Fire Service Headquarters
St. Croix Rescue
Kingshill
U.S. Virgin Islands
Tel:             (340) 692-9400
Fax:            (340) 692-9401
Email:        
 
Ovaldo Graham
Chief Fire Officer
VI Fire Service
Kingshill
U.S. Virgin Islands
Tel:             (340) 692-9400
Fax:            (340) 692-9401
Email:        
 
Merwin Potter, CFO
Director
VI Fire Service
St.Thomas
U.S. Virgin Islands
Tel:             (340) 692-9400
Fax:            (340) 692-9401
Email:        
 
Eugene Farell
Deputy Fire Chief
VI Fire Srevice
St. Thomas
U.S. Virgin Islands
Tel:             (340) --- ----
Fax:            (340) --- ----
Email:        
 
JAMAICA
Frederick Whyte, CFO 
Actg. Commissioner
Jamaica Fire Brigade
Brigade Headquarters
14 Port Royal Street
 (4th Floor)
Kingston, Jamaica W.I. 
Tel:             (876) 967-4204
Fax:            (876) 967-3594
Email:
commissioner.jfb@cwjamaica.com
PUERTO RICO
Ortega Manuel Colon
Chief Fire Officer
Tel:             (878) --- ----
Fax:            (878) --- ----
Email: