Trisha Wolford
Chief Trisha Wolford is the Fire Chief of the Anne Arundel County Fire Department in Maryland. She is also the current President and Board Chair of the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) and Vice President of the Metropolitan Fire Chiefs Association (Metro Chiefs). Tricia
began her career in the Anne Arundel County FD in 2006 as a firefighter. She served as a firefighter/paramedic until being certified as a law enforcement officer in 2012. This resulted in being assigned to the Fire and Explosives Investigation Unit where she was promoted to Lieutenant two years later. Her career took another turn in 2015 when she became the Deputy Fire Chief/Fire Marshal in the Bozeman Fire Department in Montana. Trisha then joined the Spokane Fire Department in Washington as Assistant Fire Chief of Operations, and in 2019, she returned to Anne Arundel County as the Fire Chief in the department where she had begun in the fire service. Chief Wolford has an extensive education that includes earning a Master's Degree in Management and Organizational Leadership in 2019 and her MBA in 2022. In her spare time, she also completed the NFA Executive Fire Officer Program and earned CFO and CFM designations from the Center for Public Safety Excellence (CPSE). Trisha is also a graduate of the International Association of Fire Chiefs Fire Service Executive Development Institute (FSEDI). She is an Executive Board Member for the FirstNet Authority and serves on the Maryland State EMS Advisory Council. Chief Tricia Wolford is an inspirational leader who has served with confidence, intelligence, and competence in every fire service-related role she has undertaken. Being prepared to
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