John K. Murphy

JOHN K. MURPHY, JD, PA-C, MS, EFO, retired as a deputy fire chief after 32 years of career fire department service, managing all areas of fire department operations and management positions. His past fire and emergency medical experience has been as a paramedic/firefighter for more than 20 years; paramedic program director, chief fire officer, chief of training, emergency operations chief and health and safety officer. Mr. Murphy lectures and writes on issues related to fire law and management....See more

JOHN K. MURPHY, JD, PA-C, MS, EFO, retired as a deputy fire chief after 32 years of career fire department service, managing all areas of fire department operations and management positions. His past fire and emergency medical experience has been as a paramedic/firefighter for more than 20 years; paramedic program director, chief fire officer, chief of training, emergency operations chief and health and safety officer. Mr. Murphy lectures and writes on issues related to fire law and management. Mr. Murphy was a US Navy Corpsman serving with the US Marines. Mr. Murphy is an attorney with the Murphy Law Group, focusing on employment practices liability, training safety, employment policy and practices, forensic evaluation on fire and EMS operations, internal investigations, and as a subject matter expert in pre-hospital EMS and fire operations, consulting on risk management for private and public entities. He also has experience in family law, contracts, non- profit incorporations, mediation and internal investigations. He is the Vice President of M2 Resource Group, Inc., a consulting company specializing in Fire and EMS legal and operational issues and a Physician's Assistant with a focus in urgent, emergency, occupational and pre-hospital medicine medical care. Mr. Murphy is the author of Legal, Political & Regulatory Environment in EMS, a Prentice Hall educational publication. Mr. Murphy has a Juris Doctor (JD) from Seattle University School of Law; Masters of Science (MS) degree in education and Bachelors of Science (BS) in Paramedicine from Central Washington University and graduated from the University of Utah School Of Medicine, Physicians Assistant Program (MEDEX) and is an Executive Fire Officer Graduate. He is a licensed attorney in Washington and New York, a member of the bar associations in Washington, King County and New York. He is a member of the Association of Fire Service Attorneys; National Society of Executive Fire Officers; International Association of Fire Chief's; U.S. District Court Western District of Washington and legal counsel for the International Society of Fire Service Instructors (ISFSI), and an adjunct instructor for the University of Florida Fire and Emergency Services program. See less