Structure The NOVA Fire Chiefs Committee is comprised of the fire chief or agency head from each fire department or agency, and reports to the Chief Administrative Officers Committee (CAO).
NOVA Fire Chiefs Committee Roster
Agency | Chief |
City of Alexandria | Corey Smedley |
Arlington County | Dave Povlitz |
City of Fairfax | John O'Neal |
Fairfax County | John Butler |
Fauquier County | Darren Stevens |
Fort Belvoir | Kevin Good |
Fort Myer | Russell Miller |
Loudoun County | Keith Johnson |
City of Manassas | Edward Mills |
City of Manassas Park | James Soaper |
MWAA | Rick Bonnet (Acting) |
Mount Weather | Jonathan Trainor |
Prince William County | James Forgo (Acting) |
Quantico | Brian Weston (Acting) |
Stafford County | Joseph Cardello (Chair) |
Responsibilities The NOVA Fire Chiefs Committee is primarily responsible for analyzing, evaluating, and providing policy recommendations concerning:
- Regional public safety issues related to fire and emergency medical services
- Hazardous materials emergencies
- Technical rescue
- Fire prevention and code enforcement
- Homeland security and infrastructure protection
- Emergency response to weapons of mass destruction and all hazards disaster response
Specific Activities
- Develop recommendations concerning fire and emergency medical services issues common to the Northern Virginia Emergency Services Mutual Response Agreement
- Establish coordinated communications procedures among the 911 centers or public safety access points (PSAP's)
- Establish interoperable radio and CAD communications systems.
- Establish interoperable data systems to provide cross jurisdictional access to map and critical facility data for command and control of emergency incidents.
- Develop common incident management and command systems and procedures.
- Develop common operational and response procedures that provide for shared use of special emergency response teams, equipment assets and other regional resources.
- Standardize fire, EMS and emergency service policies, procedures, apparatus and equipment whenever and wherever feasible.
- Develop cooperative fire and EMS training programs that support regional procedures and programs.
- Develop cooperative partnerships and relationships with allied public agencies in the region including law enforcement, emergency management, transportation, public health, public works at the federal, state and local level.
- Evaluate and provide recommendations regarding federal and state legislative and regulatory initiatives that may have potential effect regional fire, EMS and emergency service delivery.
- Establish partnerships with private sector entities and other stakeholders in the region that will allow for improved delivery of fire and medical emergency response.
- Provide the regional Chief Administrative Officers (CAO) with policy briefings and recommendations concerning fire and EMS issues.
NOVA Senior Operations Chiefs Committee Roster
Agency | Principal |
City of Alexandria | Andrew Duke |
Arlington County | Mike Gowen |
City of Fairfax | Andrew Vita |
Fairfax County | Joe Knerr |
Fauquier County | Mike Gillam |
Fort Belvoir | David Wedding |
Loudoun County | James Williams |
Loudoun County | Justin Green |
MWAA | James Grant |
Manassas | Kevin Franzello, Acting |
Manassas Park | Adam Jones |
Prince William County | Kurt Heindrichs (Chair) |
Quantico | Dwayne Palermo |
Stafford County | Allen Baldwin |
Structure The Fire Operations Board has an equal representation from each of the departments that are signatories of the NOVA agreement. The Fire Operations Board receives direction from, and reports and makes recommendations to the Senior Operations Chiefs Committee and coordinates procedure implementation as directed.
Fire Operations Board Roster
Agency | Principal |
City of Alexandria | Dan McMaster |
City of Fairfax | Shawn Dunstan |
City of Fairfax | Andrea Clark |
Fairfax County | Bill Betz |
Fairfax County | Eric Craven |
Fairfax County | Dan Shaw (Chair) |
Fauquier Couny | Dale Kidwell |
Fort Belvoir | Brandon Krippner |
Loudoun County | Jason Collins |
City of Manassas | Andy Carver |
MWAA | Jason Graber |
Prince William County | Bryan Ross |
Stafford County | Bart Lace |
Responsibilities The Fire Operations Board meets regularly to conduct business and has the authority to establish ad hoc workgroups to perform research and development of policy and procedures recommendations. Specific Activities
- Develop and maintain a mechanism for regularly communicating mission critical information to all operational elements of the jurisdictions that are signatories to the NOVA Agreement
- Evaluate assignments received from the Senior Operations Chiefs and identify the resources needed to perform the task assignment as well as the timeline required to complete each assignment
- Appoint a member of the Board to serve as a facilitator for each workgroup established
- Approve drafts of written procedures for review by the Senior Operations Chiefs
- Review work developed by workgroups and attempt to resolve conflicts
Structure & Responsibilities Technical Writing Group Roster
Agency | Principal |
Arlington County | Ryan Leischner |
Arlington County | David Santini |
City of Alexandria | Donald Lynn |
City of Alexandria | Erik MacClain |
City of Fairfax | Pat MacKay |
City of Fairfax | Wade Munday |
City of Fairfax | Joe Schumacher |
Fairfax County | Andy Devlin (Chair) |
Fairfax County | Ryan Fletcher |
Fairfax County | Melanie Jenkins |
Fairfax County | James Kenney |
Fairfax County | Scott Kraut |
Fairfax County | Dan Shaw |
Fauquier County | Mike Gillam |
Fort Belvoir | Corey McChee |
Fort Belvoir | Brandon Krippner |
Fauquier County | Mike Gillam |
Fort Myer | William Long |
Loudoun County | Eric Banfe |
Loudoun County | Chris Kordek |
Loudoun County | Brian Sullivan |
Loudoun County | Andrew Tarbell |
City of Manassas | |
City of Manassas Park | Tom Oliver |
MWAA | John Newlin |
MWAA | Buffy Schilling |
Prince William County | Andrew Hale |
Prince William County | Bryan Ross |
Prince William County | Richard Scott |
Quantico | Robert Helbock |
Quantico | Ben Money |
Quantico | James Thacker |
Stafford County | Eric DePollo |
Stafford County | Darren Hendricks |
Stafford County | Epifanio Perez |
Stafford County | Randy Pinneta |
Stafford County | Kevin Skewes |
Stafford County | Matt Warren |
VDEM | Robert Brown |
VDEM | Amy Tarte |
High Threat Response Committee Roster
Agency | Principal |
City of Alexandria Fire | Dave Fox |
City of Alexandria Sheriff's Office | Shahran Fard |
Arlington County Fire | John Delaney (Chair) |
Arlington County Police | Dominique Neckles |
Arlington County Sheriff's Office | Robert Lutz |
City of Fairfax Fire | Brian Orndoff |
City of Fairfax Fire | Kurt Craven |
City of Fairfax Police | Jay Tolan |
Fairfax County Fire | Billy Moreland |
Fairfax County Police | Paul DeHaven |
Fairfax County Sherriff's Office | Jonathan Ortiz |
City of Falls Church Police | Dmitri Issaev |
City of Falls Church Police | Joe Carter |
City of Falls Church Sheriff's Office | Gregory Jones |
Fauquier County Fire | R.J. Arft |
Fauquier County Sheriff's Office | Kristi Kiernan |
Fort Belvoir Fire | Donald Wanamaker |
George Mason University Police | Keith Jochem |
Town of Herndon | Mark Dale |
Town of Leesburg Police | Chris Mongelluzzo |
Loudoun County Fire | Daniel Neal |
Loudoun County Sheriff's Office | Paul Loconti |
City of Manassas Fire | Jason Scott |
City of Manassas Fire | John Bowers |
City of Manassas Police | Andrew Brooks |
City of Manassas Park Fire | Mike Soaper |
City of Manassas Park Police | Trevor Reinhart |
MWAA Police | Eric Cembrook |
Mt. Weather Fire | Daniel Manley |
NVCC Police | John Weinstein |
Town of Occoquan Police | Mike Wood |
PFPA | Todd Green |
Prince William County Fire | Nate Strong |
Prince William County Police | Gary Spina |
Prince William County Sheriff's Office | Kellie Crespo |
Prince William County Sheriff's Office | Kevin Truesdale |
Town of Vienna Police | Tu Farhan |
Virginia State Police | Neil Johnson |
WMATA | Rob Brewer |
Structure & Responsibilities
- Report to Senior Operations Chiefs Committee
- Recommend training priorities
- Review training programs for regional training
NOVA Training Committee Roster
Agency | Principal |
Arlington County | Tyson Stanislaus |
City of Alexandria | Dan McMaster (Chair) |
City of Fairfax | Nelson Stewart |
City of Manassas | David Halman |
City of Manassas | Andrew Carver |
City of Manassas Park | Joe Neiberger |
Fairfax County | Rocco Alvaro (Co-Chair) |
Fairfax County | Eric Craven |
Fairfax County | Andy Devlin |
Fairfax County | David Gajewski |
Fauquier County | William Dunn |
Fauquier County | Dale Kidwell |
Fauquier County | Kurt Kight |
Fort Belvoir | Samantha Green |
Fort Belvoir | Chris Craft |
Fort Myer | Matthew Bannon |
Loudoun County | Brian Fluharty |
Loudoun County | Marc Nicholson |
MWAA | Ryan Knapick |
MWAA | Gary Hubble |
MWAA | Jeremy Pope |
Prince William County | Scott Arft |
Prince William County | Charlie Peele |
Quantico | Christopher Barr |
Stafford County | Bart Lace |
VDFP | Dereck Baker |
Structure & Responsibilities
- Report to Senior Operations Chiefs Committee
- Recommend regional communications coordination Issues
- Recommend priority Issues
- Recommend coordinated regional communications protocols and procedures
NOVA FIRE/EMS Communications Committee Roster
Agency | Principal |
City of Alexandria | James Burke |
City of Alexandria | Gerald Fair |
Arlington County | Dan Fitch |
Arlington County | Sean Spencer |
City of Fairfax | Keith Virts |
City of Fairfax | Thomas Kane |
Fairfax County | Todd Gorham |
Fairfax County | Sage Gummerson |
Fairfax County | George Hahn |
Fairfax County | Jeffrey Holmes |
Fairfax County | Charles Locke |
Fairfax County | Dave Winter |
Fauquier County | Butch Flippo |
Fauquier County | Dale Kidwell |
Fauquier County | Rob Smith |
Ft. Belvoir | Ty Burch |
Ft. Belvoir | Walter Seablom |
Loudoun County | Mike Carter |
Loudoun County | Christopher Cross |
Loudoun County | Nicole Pickrell (Chair) |
City of Manassas Park | Adam Jones |
City of Manassas Park | Tom Oliver |
MWAA | Richard Gardiner |
MWAA | James Grant |
Prince William County | Lauren Lawler |
Prince William County | Gene Luckinbill |
Prince William County | Amy Parrish |
Prince William County | Michele Surdam |
Quantico | James Thacker |
Stafford County | Hunter Ferrara |
Stafford County | Brian Frankel |
Stafford County | Emmett Price |
Structure & Responsibilities
- Report to the Senior Operations Chiefs Committee
- Recommend and assess regional EMS specific initiatives
EMS Chiefs Committee Roster
Agency | Principal |
City of Alexandria Fire | Brian Hricik |
Arlington County Fire | Anne Marsh |
City of Fairfax FD | Brian Orndoff (Chair) |
Fairfax County FRD | Beth Adams |
Fairfax County FRD | Philippa Durham |
Fairfax County FRD | Mark Kordalski |
Fairfax County FRD | Cheri Zosh |
Fairfax County PD | Richard Morvillo |
Fauquier County DFR | Richard Cluff |
Loudoun County | Jamie Cooper |
Loudoun County DFR | Micah Kiger |
City of Manassas | Todd Lupton |
City of Manassas Park | Tom Oliver |
City of Manassas Park | Aaron Schutt |
City of Manassas Park | James Tharp |
MWAA | Christopher Gavurnik |
NVEMS Council | Ray Whatley |
Prince William County | Scott Arft |
Prince William County | Thomas Arnoto |
Stafford County | Brian Frankel |