Dennis Breshears

Deputy Fire Chief Dennis Breshears started his fire service career at the age of 23 after he was appointed to the Monrovia Fire Department on February 24, 1994.

Chief Breshears then moved to the Orange County Fire Authority in 1999 and began his service with the Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACoFD) in December 2000. He has steadily been promoted through the ranks from Fire Fighter, Fire Firefighter Paramedic, Fire Fighter Specialist, Captain, Battalion Chief, Assistant Fire Chief, and now to Deputy Fire Chief on December 16, 2021.

Over the years, Chief Breshears attended Lutheran High School (La Verne, California), Glendale College, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Kaplan University, and California State University, Long Beach. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Fire and Emergency Management and a master’s degree in Emergency Services Administration.

For more than three years, Chief Breshears served as the Chief of the Professional Performance Section. As a captain, he also completed a special assignment as the Department ICS Coordinator. Chief Breshears is a state-certified instructor and Type II Operations Section Chief and Deputy Incident Commander for LAC IMT 1.

In June 2021, Chief Breshears was selected to serve on the FIRESCOPE Task Force. He is currently assigned as the Deputy Fire Chief over the Leadership and Professional Standards Bureau.