Fire/EMS Committees & Work Groups

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