Attorney, Deputy Fire Chief (Ret)
Murphy Law Group
NORTH BEND, Washington, United States
John K. Murphy, JD, PA-C, EFO, Deputy Fire Chief (Ret), is a career firefighter, beginning his fire service as a firefighter/paramedic and retiring as a deputy fire chief after 32 years. Mr. Murphy is an attorney licensed in Washington State whose focus is on firefighter health & safety, firefighter risk management, employment practices liability, employment policy, internal investigations, expert witness and litigation support, and consulting on risk management for fire departments. He was a Navy Corpsman with the Marine Corps and works part-time as a licensed Physician's Assistant in an occupational health care setting
and he is an elected Fire Commissioner for Fire District 38 in Washington State.
He is a frequent lecturer, educator, author, legal columnist, blogger, and Fire Engineering’s Fire Service Court Blog Talk Radio Show member. Mr. Murphy has spoken at numerous local and national Fire and EMS conferences and for individual fire departments and emergency service organizations. He is also a distance learning instructor at the University of Florida Fire and Emergency Services (FES) programs.
Mr. Murphy authored an EMS textbook entitled Legal, Political, and Regulatory Environment of EMS. He co-authored Cooling the Flames: Verbal De-escalation of Mentally Ill and Aggressive Patients, A Comprehensive Guidebook for Firefighters and Emergency Medical Services.
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