Media release
(Cushing, Okla) – Longtime Cushing resident and retired Cushing Fire Department Captain Franklin Reed has
been named the new Cushing Emergency Management Director for the City of Cushing. Reed replaces
the retiring Bob Noltensmeyer who served the citizens of Cushing for over 50 years.
City Manager Terry Brannon said, “Franklin brings the local experience we need to build on the legacy
built by retiring Director Bob Noltensmeyer.” He continued, “Emergency management will become an
integral part of our public safety team and with Franklin’s previous experience in our fire department,
this integration will be seamless.”
Franklin started his career as a volunteer for the Pawnee Fire Department. Later, Reed joined the
Cushing Fire Department, serving for nearly 30 years, retiring as a Captain. Reed brings over 15 years of
emergency response command experience and hundreds of hours of safety training, participating in
multiple emergency response exercises and annual tabletop/disaster drills for those in the petroleum
industry. Reed also completed numerous tabletop drills and exercises to satisfy the annual certification
requirements as a hazardous materials technician. In addition, Franklin participated in the Terrorism and
Emergency Management Planning Workshop conducted in 2016, and the FBI Oklahoma City field
training exercise “Critical Crossroads” conducted in 2004. Reed has been deployed to emergencies
throughout Oklahoma, serving in the communities of Catoosa, Stillwater, Westport, and Carney
following devastating tornadoes. Reed was also deployed to the Murrah building following the 1995
bombing, working in search and rescue efforts.
Franklin will assume the responsibility of leading our emergency management team beginning this Friday.
