Bill Godfrey, Fire Chief (Ret.)

William "Bill" Godfrey is a retired Fire Chief and the founder and Chief Executive Officer of C3 Pathways, Inc., and a Lead Instructor for the National Center for Integrated Emergency Response (NCIER). Over a 25-year fire service career he rose from firefighter/paramedic to Fire Chief, retiring from active duty in 2008 to teach and train responders full-time. He is the principal author of the Active Shooter Incident Management (ASIM) Checklist, first published in 2014 and endorsed by the National Tactical Officers Association in 2022 as the national standard for managing active shooter events and in use by approximately 10,000 law enforcement, fire, and EMS agencies across 51 U.S. states and territories.

Since 2016 he has served as Principal Investigator on a U.S. Department of Homeland Security grant for active shooter incident management training, overseeing the curriculum, instructor development, and quality control behind DHS/FEMA-certified and NCIER courses that have reached more than 32,500 responders in over 1,000 classes. A pioneer of simulation-based incident command training, Bill is also an author, software developer, and inventor of the simulation platforms used in C3 Pathways training and HSEEP-compliant exercises. He holds an MBA, a Bachelor of Public Administration, and an A.S. in Emergency Medical Services Technology, and was a Florida-licensed paramedic for 38 years (retired).