Fire-Rescue Department

Fire Chiefs

Photo of Fire Chief A. B. Cairns

Photo of Chief Fire Engineer A.B. Cairns
Courtesy of the San Diego Fire House Museum.

A.B. Cairns	Chief Engineer	1889-1905
Ray Shute	Chief Engineer	1905-1907
Eugene Donnelly	Chief Engineer	1907-1909
Louis Almgren	Chief Engineer	1909-1935
John E. Parrish	Fire Chief	1935-1947
George Courser	Fire Chief	1947-1960
Ray Shukraft	Fire Chief	1960-1968
Leonard Bell	Fire Chief	1968-1975
Dee J. Rogers	Fire Chief	1975-1979
Earl G. Roberts	Fire Chief	1979-1984
Roger C. Phillips	Fire Chief	1984-1985
John Delotch	Fire Chief	1985-1992
Robert E. Osby	Fire Chief	1992-2002
Jeff Bowman	Fire Chief	2002-2006
Tracy Jarman	Fire Chief	2006-2009
Javier Mainar	Fire Chief	2009-2015
Brian Fennessy	Fire Chief	2015-2018