Scott Poster has been selected to be the next Newport Beach fire chief. He will begin his new job on Feb. 6.
Poster, a deputy chief for the Los Angeles County Fire Department, has more than three decades of experience in the fire service. His most recent assignment is with the Special Services Bureau, where he oversees a budget of more than $60 million dollars and manages more than 300 employees in Command and Control, Fleet Services, Information Management and Construction and Maintenance.
Poster joined LA County Fire in 1983 as a firefighter and was steadily promoted to increasingly responsible capacities throughout the department’s divisions and bureaus, including fire and lifeguard operations, fire prevention, and administration. Prior to his assignment with the Special Services Bureau, Poster served as interim director of the Los Angeles Regional Interoperable Communications System, a joint powers authority comprised of public safety agencies throughout Los Angeles County who have joined to develop a $600-million, interoperable communication system. He has served the region on command teams at the Shuttle Columbia Disaster, Hurricane Katrina, and other large, all-risk incidents.
Poster earned a Bachelor of Science in Occupational Studies and a Master of Science in Emergency Services Administration from the California State University, Long Beach. He is a state-certified fire officer, a fire instructor and holds numerous state and federal qualifications in incident command.
