Fire Chief
Queretaro, Mx Fire Department
Queretaro, Queretaro de Arteaga, Mexico
Chief Fernando Palacios has more than 20 years of experience in the fire service, started as a Firefighter-Paramedic followed up into Training Department, Fire Prevention Bureau and now days as Chief of Department. The Queretaro Fire Department with 7 stations, serves one of the fastest growing Industrial, Comercial and Housing Metro Areas in the Country. He´s a Certified Fire Inspector as well as a Fire Investigator. Also as Chief of the Department, he leads the State Task Force, which deals with diferent deployments as Wildland, Search & Rescue and IMT.
Chief Palacios is a true believer of Technology as an ally for the Fire Service, creating through Google, an Emergency Managment Electronic Platform that is donated to several Fire Departments accross México; which has allowed his Fire Department in Mexico and others to comply with NFPA standards and develop the Comminuty Risk Assesments that promotes International Industrial and Comercial Investments in the State of Querétaro.
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