Fire Chief
Arlington County Fire Department
Arlington, Virginia
With over thirty years of experience in fire, rescue, and emergency medical services, David Povlitz was appointed the Fire Chief of the Arlington County Fire Department in Virginia in November 2018. Arlington County Fire Department has nine stations with 400 employees serving 26 square miles. David’s background emergency operations, department administration, information technology integration, emergency communications, training, and emergency management support. Chief Povlitz has strong relationships with city, county, state, and regional public safety agencies. He is serving on various Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments and Northern Virginia Emergency Response System committees and workgroups. David is interested in partnering with many departments and agencies to improve public safety. In addition, he sees many opportunities to deploy technology to reduce community and first responder risk within emergency services.
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