Marsha P Giesler

Marsha P. Giesler has served as a fire inspector and as the public education and public information officer for the Downers Grove, IL Fire Department for the past nineteen years. As a former teacher, she has brought her education experience and expertise to the fire service. Ms. Giesler has served as a past chairperson and member of the Illinois Fire Inspectors Association's Fire and Life Safety Education Committee throughout her fire service career. For the past fifteen years, she instructed...See more

Marsha P. Giesler has served as a fire inspector and as the public education and public information officer for the Downers Grove, IL Fire Department for the past nineteen years. As a former teacher, she has brought her education experience and expertise to the fire service. Ms. Giesler has served as a past chairperson and member of the Illinois Fire Inspectors Association's Fire and Life Safety Education Committee throughout her fire service career. For the past fifteen years, she instructed the Public Education module, which she wrote, for the state's Fire Prevention Officer I class, teaching both firefighters and civilians. Most recently, Ms. Giesler worked with the Illinois Fire Chiefs Association to write and instruct a curriculum for the FLSE section of the Fire Officer I and Fire Officer III classes offered through the Illinois Fire Chiefs Association and has written and instructed the Public Education section of the Illinois Fire Services Administrative Professional Association class for the past fifteen years. She also serves on the Illinois Task Force for the sixteen Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives, representing Initiatives numbers fourteen and fifteen. Ms. Giesler continues to work as a program designer and practitioner in the field of FLSE, teaching fire safety and injury prevention to pre-school through high school students, older adults, families, and businesses in her community. Many of her ideas have been adopted and published by the fire service across the country, including the NFPA's Education Section. Ms. Giesler and the Downers Grove Fire Department were recipients of the 1996 NFPA Learn Not to Burn? Champion Award and returned in 1997 as mentors for the 1997 Champions. Marsha P. Giesler holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Education from the University of Illinois and a Master of Science Degree in Organizational Management from National Louis University. See less