El Paso Fire Department

The El Paso Fire Department (EPFD) provides fire protection services to El Paso, Texas, United States.

History

Fire protection services for El Paso extend back to 1882. Firemen were mostly volunteer until a fully paid fire department was established in 1909.[1]

Chiefs
No. Last First Start date Finish date Notes
1 Armstrong W. W. 1909 1915
2 Wray John 1915 1927
3 Sullivan John T. 1927 1940
4 Jackson W. E. 1940 1942
5 Boone Joe H. 1942 1950
6 Davis H. A. 1950 1962
7 Farr W. L. 1962 1968
8 Coleman Marion 1968 1984
9 Wilson Joe H. 1984 1988
10 Mehl Andrew 1988 1994
11 Glenns John 1994 2002
12 Rivera Roberto 2002[2] 2008[3]
13 Drozd Otto, III April 2009[4] November 2012[5]
13.5 Carmona Carlos Interim fire chief[6]
14 Peña Samuel March 7, 2013[7] December 10, 2016[8][9]
14.5 D'Agostino Mario Interim fire chief
15 D'Agostino Mario April 13, 2017[10] 2022[11]
15.5 Killings Jonathan May 2022[12] December 9, 2022 Interim fire chief
16 Killings Jonathan December 9, 2022[13] present

See also

References
  1. Lieggi, Louis, II (1994). El Paso, Texas Fire Department a Pictorial History 1882–1994. ASIN B002A5W4GQ.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. Poulos, Ryan (January 29, 2007). "Q & A with Roberto Rivera El Paso Fire Department Chief". El Paso Inc.
  3. "Chief Otto Drozd, El Paso Fire Department". El Paso Inc. Drozd was among 28 applicants for the top job after Chief Roberto Rivera retired in 2008...
  4. KVIA ABC-7 (January 14, 2014). "El Paso Fire chief resigns; third City department head to leave in 3 months". Drozd has served as fire chief since April of 2009 and will be returning to his home State of Florida as fire chief of the Orange County Fire Rescue Department,
  5. KVIA ABC-7 (January 14, 2014). "El Paso Fire chief resigns; third City department head to leave in 3 months". El Paso Fire Chief Otto Drozd has submitted his resignation to the City of El Paso with an effective date of Nov. 23, 2012.
  6. "City names interim El Paso Dept. fire chief". November 2012.
  7. Borunda, Daniel (November 17, 2016). "El Paso fire chief wants to make good department better". El Paso Times. El Paso Fire Chief Sam Peña was named the new chief on March 7, 2013.
  8. Perez, Elida S. (November 17, 2016). "El Paso fire chief on move to Houston FD". El Paso Times. City officials said Peña's last day as El Paso's fire chief will be Dec.10.
  9. Ahmed, Jalelah (November 17, 2016). "El Paso Fire Chief Samuel Peña named HFD's new chief".
  10. "EPFD Facebook page". Mario D'Agostino was named Fire Chief of the El Paso Fire Department on April 13, 2017 by El Paso City Manager Tommy Gonzalez.
  11. Shields, Stephanie (May 12, 2022). "El Paso Fire Chief takes new position at City Hall". KTSM.
  12. Fischer, Fallon (December 10, 2022). "City of El Paso appoints new fire chief". Killings, who has been serving as interim fire chief since May,...
  13. Fischer, Fallon (December 10, 2022). "City of El Paso appoints new fire chief". Jonathan Killings was appointed as the City of El Paso's fire chief, the city announced Friday.
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