The Las Vegas City Council unanimously ratified 25-year veteran Fernando Gray as the city’s new chief of the Las Vegas Fire & Rescue Department.
Las Vegas Fire & Rescue Department has a class one rating from the Insurance Services Office, the highest possible standard.
Gray started his career as a firefighter/paramedic in his hometown of Dallas, TX, where he served for 21 years.
He was then appointed fire chief for the city of Aurora, CO, in 2017 and served in that position for five years before being chosen to lead Las Vegas Fire & Rescue.
Gray is a graduate of the National Fire Academy’s Executive Fire Officer Program and has a Masters of Public Administration from Sam Houston State University.
He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Criminal Science from Texas A&M University.
In addition, he completed the International Association of Fire Chiefs Executive Development Institute and obtained the prestigious Chief Fire Officer Designation from the Center for Public Safety Excellence.
Gray is also a proud alumnus of both the Naval Post-Graduate School’s Executive Leaders Program and the Harvard Kennedy School’s Senior Executives Program.
