CONNECT with the CityFire Chiefs
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 |
| Colin Stowell | Fire Chief | 2018-2024 |
