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Doug Mummert served over 36 years with the Phoenix Fire Department, retiring as a Division Chief. He also served as a firefighter, EMT, Paramedic, Hazardous Materials Technician, Engineer, Captain, Public Information Officer, and Battalion Chief. He is an original member of both the FEMA Urban Search & Rescue (USAR) Task Force (AZTF-1) and the department's All Hazards Incident Management Team (AHIMT). He also served on the FEMA USAR Incident Support Team (IST) and as a subject matter expert for the Department of Homeland Security. Doug is also a proud military veteran of the United States Air Force.

He enjoys serving on the board and as an officer for several professional & non-profit organizations, including The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences & the Academy’s Foundation, Phoenix Fire Foundation and the Arizona March of Dimes. Doug served as the fire department’s Community Service Fund Drive (United Way Campaign) Liaison and on the Executive Committee from 2002 until his retirement. He was honored to serve as the city’s Campaign Chairman in 2008 and 2013. Both campaigns raised over a million dollars each for local charities.

With the help of many, he created the program, Phoenix Fire Works in 1998, which would ultimately fill a void in educating and informing the public about topical fire department related issues. Thanks to an excellent, collaborating production team, the program won critical acclaim and has been awarded or been nominated for many major awards, including the Rocky Mountain Emmy. He authored several articles for various magazines and later in his career, Doug hosted Phoenix Fire’s weekly radio program, Valley Watch, which can be heard on several radio stations throughout the area. He is also widely known as the “father” of Samantha, the synthesized voice heard dispatching incidents over Channel One on the radio and in the fire stations.

During his career he was awarded the department’s Medal of Honor, The Alan V. Brunacini Award of Excellence, The Stephan A. Jensen Media Excellence Award, The Lifetime Achievement Award and multiple Awards of Merit & Unit Citations. He has also received two City of Phoenix CSFD Chairman’s Awards, multiple Telly Awards and was nominated for several Rocky Mountain Emmy Awards.

In retirement Doug is staying busy, he volunteers for the department on such programs as the Rides for Toys charity events and still produces the radio program. He also heads up the department’s charitable arm, the Phoenix Fire Foundation.

Jim Egelston

Jim Egelston started his law enforcement career as a Police Officer in Mount Prospect, Illinois. In 1991, Jim applied and was selected for the position of Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. During his career, Jim was assigned to the Atlanta, Chicago, and San Antonio Divisions where he worked a variety of criminal investigations, with a focus on Violent Crime. In 2004, Jim promoted to the position of Supervisory Special Agent at FBI HQ where he managed the Civil Aviation Security Program and initiated the Maritime Security Program at the headquarters level. In 2006, Jim transferred to the Phoenix Division where he served as the Domestic Terrorism Supervisor and Program Manager. In 2009, Jim requested to return to case work and was assigned to the Violent Crime Squad in Phoenix. Jim worked in the Behavioral Analysis Program for more than 20 years, receiving advanced training and assisting local law enforcement agencies with cold case homicide and sex assault investigations. Jim was also involved with hundreds of missing person and child abduction investigations during his career. Jim was one of the original members of the Arizona Child Abduction Response Team (AZ CART) and was also a member of the FBI’s national Child Abduction Rapid Deployment (CARD) Team. After retiring in 2018, Jim founded Baseline Investigations and frequently volunteers his time and experience to assist with missing person cases.

Jacob Mueller

 Jacob Mueller is a retired law enforcement officer from Oxnard, CA. During his time with the department, he assisted in training with the K-9 unit, a training officer and was assigned to the joint fire/police underwater search and rescue team. After retiring from law enforcement Jacob pursued a career in aviation. He currently is a corporate jet captain, holds an airline transportation certificate from the FAA, is a Certified Flight Instructor, has piloted large commercial jump planes used for training advanced military parachuting and founded a private investigation firm in the Phoenix area, which he still owns and operates . He enjoys sharing the gift of flight with others as a flight instructor.   

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