Ventura County Fire Department
- Walter Emerick 1928-1936
- Lucius Orton 1936-1944
- Cecil "Pete" Little 1944-1957
- Bill Haggard 1957-1971
- Stan Masson 1971-1985
- Wesley B. Kilcrease 1985-1988
- Rand-Scott Coggan 1988-1990
- George E. Lund 1990-1994
- James E. Sewell 1994-1997
- Bob Roper 1997–2012
- Mark Lorenzen 2012-present
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