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Deputy Fire Chief (ret.)
Chesterfield Fire County Fire and EMS
Little River, South Carolina, United States
Rick Edinger has worked in emergency services for more than 48 years as a volunteer and career firefighter, medic, and hazmat responder. Chief Edinger currently serves as chairman of the NFPA Technical Committee for Hazardous Materials Response Personnel. He retired in 2018 as Deputy Chief of Operations from Chesterfield County Fire and Emergency Medical Services (CFEMS), a metro-sized, all-hazards, emergency response organization in central Virginia. Chief Edinger is trained as a hazardous materials technician and served for 25 years as a member of the CFEMS Hazardous Incident Response Team. He previously served as the vice-chairman of the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) Hazardous Materials Committee for a number of years and continues to sit on that committee. Chief Edinger holds a Bachelor of Science degree in fire science technology from Columbia Southern University and is a graduate of the National Fire Academy’s Executive Fire Officer Program.