NFPA board members are chosen from various disciplines and backgrounds and are elected based on experience in business, finance, or administration; respect of peers; respect as a member of the safety community; commitment to the Association's goals; and appreciation for the relationship NFPA must maintain with the changing needs of society.

Officers
- Chair: Philip C. Stittleburg, Chief, La Farge Fire Department, La Farge, WI
- First Vice Chair: Ernest J. Grant, Outreach Nurse Clinician, North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center, UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC
- Secretary: Randolph W. Tucker, Consultant, The Woodlands, TX
- Treasurer: H. Wayne Boyd, President/CEO, U.S. Safety & Engineering Corporation, Sacramento, CA
- Assistant Treasurer: Keith E. Williams, President/CEO, Underwriters Laboratories, Inc., Northbrook, IL
- Immediate Past Chair: Thomas W. Jaeger, PE, President, Jaeger & Associates, LLC., Great Falls, VA
- President/CEO: James M. Shannon, NFPA, Quincy, MA
Members
- Amy R. Acton
Executive Director, The Phoenix Society for Burn Survivors, Inc., Grandville, MI
- James M. Clark
Germantown, TN
- Donald R. Cook
Chief Electrical Inspector, Shelby County, AL
- Kwame Cooper
Battalion Chief, Los Angeles City Fire Department, Los Angeles, CA
- Peter M. Holland
Chief Fire Officer, Lancashire Fire & Rescue Service, Preston, Lancashire, UK
- Tonya L. Hoover
State Fire Marshal, Sacramento, CA
- Brian J. Hurley
Palm Beach, FL
- Thomas A. Lawson
Executive Vice President, FM Global, Johnston, RI
- William J. McCammon
Executive Director, East Bay Regional Communications System Authority, Dublin, CA
- Ned Pettus, Jr.
Fire Chief, Columbus Division of Fire, Columbus, OH
- Julie A. Rochman
President & CEO, Institute for Business & Home Safety, Tampa, FL
- Harold A. Schaitberger
General President, IAFF, Washington, DC
- Dean L. Seavers
President, Red Hawk Fire & Security U.S.
- William A. Stewart
Toronto, ON, Canada
- Peter J.G. Willse, P.E., FSFPE
Vice President, Director of Research, XL GAPS, Hartford, CT
Association officers