Christopher Payne

About Christopher Payne

Regional Fire Chief at Navy Region Mid-Atlantic Fire & Emergency Services. Our department is Commission on Fire Accreditation International (CFAI) Acceditied. Our agency headquarters is located in Norfolk, VA.

Experience

1. Regional Fire Chief

   Navy Region Mid-Atlantic Fire & Emergency Services

   Sep 2023 — Present · Norfolk, VA, US

   GS 14. Navy Region Mid-Atlantic Fire & Emergency Services (NRMA F & ES) is one of the largest consolidated fire and rescue departments in the Department of Defense. It is responsible for the administrative and technical control of 597 positions. Commander, Navy Region Mid-Atlantic (CNRMA) consist of NSA Saratoga Springs NY, NAVSTA Newport RI, NSA Hampton Roads VA, NSA Northwest Annex VA, WPNSTA Yorktown VA, Cheatham Annex VA, NAS Oceana VA, Dam Neck Annex VA, SUBASE New London CT, WPNSTA Earle/Colts Neck NJ, NSA Lakehurst NJ, NAVSTA Great Lakes IL, JEB Little Creek-Fort Story VA, SCSC Wallops Island VA, NSA Mechanicsburg PA, NSA Philadelphia PA, NSS Norfolk Naval Shipyard VA, NAVSTA Norfolk VA, NSY BOS Portsmouth NH, NSA Crane IN. Within these installations, there are 31 Fire/Emergency Medical Services Stations. The CFAI Accredditied Agency provides structural, shipboard, and aircraft fire protection, emergency medical services, hazardous material response, technical rescue, hazardous condition standby, disaster response support, emergency de-watering, fire risk management, special event standby, fire investigations, fire inspections, and public fire education services. The department operates 30 engine companies, including 9 quint apparatus, 10 aircraft rescue firefighting companies, and 7 ladder companies. Additionally, NRMAFES staffs and cross staffs a combination of 22 basic and advanced life support ambulances and numerous other specialty command, rescue, foam, water supply, and hazardous material response vehicles. My duties include developing long range plans for facilities, manpower, and material resources, training programs, and maintain a state of readiness for protecting life and property under conditions planned for the complex and to optimize effectiveness of fire & emergency services. I submit multi-year budgets and plans to ensure the achievement of long range goals and objectives.

Education

• Rappahannock County High School

  High School, Advanced Studies

  1989

• Waldorf University

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Emergency Management

  2015 — 2017

• Liberty University

  Postgraduate Studies

• Northern Virginia Community College

  Associate of Arts and Sciences (AAS), Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)

  1993 — 2000

• Waldorf University

  Master of Arts (M.A.), Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership, Public Administration Leadership Concentration

  2017 — 2019