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Residential Fireground Field Experiments
Dave Rohr
Chief
Fairfax City Fire Department
4081 University Drive
Fairfax, Virginia 22030
703-385-7940
dave.rohr@fairfaxva.gov
Background:
David “Dave” Rohr is the Fire Chief of Fairfax City, Virginia. Formerly, he was the chief of operations
for the Fairfax County Fire Department. He spent 31 years serving as a fire fighter in Fairfax County.
His involvement in the department continued to grow throughout that time, moving him from
lieutenant to assistant chief of operations for the Fairfax County Fire Department.
Rohr began his professional fire fighting career immediately after high school graduation, getting a
job at the Annandale station in 1979 while taking classes at Northern Virginia Community College
concurrently. He worked at the station for approximately four years until he was promoted to
driver and was transferred the Burke Centre Fire Station followed by additional transfers to the
Oakton and Edsall Road stations.
Rohr was eventually promoted to sergeant and was transferred to the McLean station where he
worked on the Heavy Rescue Squad performing car extractions and handled hazardous materials,
among many other responsibilities. This promotion kicked off a series of promotions and transfers
over the next 18 years in which he moved up the ladder from lieutenant to assistant chief of
operations and saw him serve everywhere from Tyson’s Corner to the county’s training academy
to an office job leading the department’s human resources division.
Rohr is focused on promoting safety and wellness within the city department, upgrading fire/
rescue equipment and facilities, and coming up with improved information programs meant to
keep Fairfax City residents safe.
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