Steven Knight Becomes Partner at Fitch & Associates

PLATTE CITY, MO - Fitch & Associates, a leading public safety and health care consulting firm, has named Steven Knight partner, effective January 1, 2018. For more than three years, Dr. Knight has served as the firm’s Fire Service Practice Lead. In that role, he led numerous assessments of fire service operations in cities and counties across the country, including standards of cover reviews and strategic planning projects.   Dr. Knight joined the firm after serving as the Senior Manager for Fire and EMS at the International City/County Management Association (ICMA). Dr. Knight has more than two decades of experience in fire and EMS, having retired in 2013 from St. Petersburg (Florida) Fire Rescue as an Assistant Fire Chief. He has served as a subject matter expert for both the National Fire Academy and the Center for Public Safety Excellence (CPSE). He also served as a team leader and peer assessor for the Commission on Fire Accreditation International (CFAI) and held multiple Fire Science and EMS academic appointments. “Steve’s expertise and experience have been a real asset to our team and for our clients for the last three years,” said Jay Fitch, PhD, founding partner and president of Fitch & Associates. “We are thrilled to have him as a partner as our fire service practice continues to grow.” Dr. Knight’s received a Bachelor of Science degree in Fire and Safety Engineering from the University of Cincinnati, a Master of Public Administration fro...
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