Paul Maniscalco is an Adjunct Assistant Professor with The George Washington University, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, a Past President and current Executive Council member of the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT), Chairman of the NAEMT National EMS Administrators Division and a Deputy Chief Paramedic for one of the largest urban EMS systems in the world.
Previous commands held by Paul Maniscalco include Field Response, Command and Management assignments in the Communications Division, Training Division, Field Services Bureau, Office of the Chief of Operations and Commander of the Special Operations Division. Chief Maniscalco has over 25 years of Public Safety response and management experience and has addressed events ranging from transportation emergencies, natural disasters and acts of terrorism to dignitary visits and national political conventions.
Co-author of the Brady textbook "The EMS Incident Management System: EMS Operations for Mass Casualty and High Impact Incidents" and of "Understanding Terrorism and Managing the Consequences" (Prentice Hall / Brady), Paul Maniscalco is also a contributing author to the Chemical and Biological Arms Control Institutes "Hype or Reality? The 'New Terrorism' and Mass Casualty Attacks,” the US Fire Administration’s "Guide to Developing and Managing an Emergency Service Infection Control Program", National Fire Service Incident Management System Consortiums’ "Model Procedures Guide for Emergency Medical Incidents, First Edition", and the International Federation of Red Cross / Red Crescent Societies and Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health - Center for Disaster and Refugee Studies’ "Public Health Guide for Emergencies”.
He has lectured extensively on public health security and is widely published in academic & professional journals on Emergency Medical Service, fire service, special operations, public safety and national security issues.
Chief Maniscalco is a member of the Department of Defense, Defense Science Board, Transnational Threat Study and the Homeland Defense – Chemical Weapons Task Force, the Department of Defense, Interagency Board (IAB) EMS/Medical Working Group and an Advisor to the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency ENCOMPASS project. He is also an appointee to the United States Congressionally mandated National Panel to Assess Domestic Preparedness (Gilmore Commission) and sits as the Chairman of the State and Local Response Panel.
Paul M. Maniscalco holds a Baccalaureate degree in Public Administration -- Public Health & Safety from the City University of New York and a Master of Public Administration – Foreign Policy & National Security from the New York University Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. He is a candidate for a Doctoral Degree in Organizational Behavior with a focus on disaster management.