PORTLAND – Jerome LaMoria will be sworn in as the city’s 14th fire chief during a ceremony Thursday in the State of Maine room in City Hall, the city said Wednesday in a press release.
LaMoria, 50, will oversee one of the city’s largest department, with 234 professional firefighters and civilian employees and a $16 million budget.
Previously, LaMoria was the training and exercise coordinator for Prince George’s County Fire/EMS Department in Maryland.
For more than 25 years, he was a professional firefighter with the Prince George’s Country Fire/EMS Department, which has a career force of 765 and nearly 1,000 volunteer personnel. He was the acting deputy fire chief of emergency operations when he retired in November 2011.
His father, Norman, a 50-year firefighter and fire chief in Newfane, Vt., will pin on LaMoria’s badge during 2 p.m. ceremony.
City Manager Mark Rees conducted two nationwide searches before choosing LaMoria, who was unanimously confirmed by the City Council last month.
Send questions/comments to the editors.
Success. Please wait for the page to reload. If the page does not reload within 5 seconds, please refresh the page.
Enter your email and password to access comments.
Hi, to comment on stories you must . This profile is in addition to your subscription and website login.
Already have a commenting profile? .
Invalid username/password.
Please check your email to confirm and complete your registration.
Only subscribers are eligible to post comments. Please subscribe or login first for digital access. Here’s why.
Use the form below to reset your password. When you've submitted your account email, we will send an email with a reset code.