Vermont Business Magazine Governor Peter Shumlin and Public Safety Commissioner Keith Flynn has announced the appointment of Joe Flynn as the new Deputy Commissioner of the Department of Public Safety. Flynn will assume the position that is currently held by Francis (Paco) Aumand who is retiring on July 24th.
Joe Flynn has been with the Department of Public Safety since February 2012 when he was appointed Director of Vermont Emergency Management. Before coming to Public Safety Flynn served briefly for the Agency of Administration working in the Irene Recovery Office from November 2011 to February 2012. From October 2009 to August 2011 he was Rail Director with the Vermont Agency of Transportation. When Tropical Storm Irene occurred he was relocated to Dummerston, Vermont to help coordinate the Agency's response and recovery.
Joe Flynn has had lengthy experience in emergency services. He formerly served as Chief of the South Hero Volunteer Fire Department, member of the Vermont Fire Service Training Council, Chair of Local Emergency Planning Committee 13, Chair of the Grand Isle County Mutual Aid Association, member of the South Hero Select Board, Deputy Sheriff with the Grand Isle County Sheriff's Department and member of the Regional Emergency Response Commission. He currently is the Deputy Emergency Management Coordinator for the Town of Grand Isle, the U.S. Co-Chair of the International Emergency Management Group, a member of the Northeast States Emergency Consortium, Chair of North Country International Fire Training Service, is appointed to the District 6 Environmental Commission and the Public Safety Broadband Network Commission and serves as a Trustee of Lyndon Institute. Joe Flynn graduated from Saint Michael's College and lives in South Hero.
A search is underway for Joe Flynn's current position of Director of Emergency Management Homeland Security.