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Fire Chief Herminio Lorenzo is a 38-year South Florida Fire Rescue veteran. He established his career as a firefighter and moved through the ranks to Fire Chief at the City of Hialeah. Most recently, he served as Executive Director of the Fire Rescue and Emergency Services Department in Broward County. He also served as Director of the Fire Rescue and Beach Safety Department for the City of Hollywood. In addition, he has worked as the equivalent of an Assistant County Manager for Broward County, where he oversaw six (6) major county departments.
Fire Chief Lorenzo has been recognized for excellence in fire rescue service administration. He was recognized as “Fire Chief of the Year” for the State of Florida in 1997 and received the Benjamin Franklin Departmental Leadership Award from the International Association of Fire Chiefs.
In his tenure as Fire Chief for the Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Department, the organization accomplished many significant milestones.
- Achieved International Accreditation from the Commission on Fire Accreditation International and became the first Metropolitan Fire Rescue organization to accomplish such an honor in its first submittal, as well as the second-largest accredited fire rescue department in the world.
- Built our state-of-the-art Training Complex, as well as our Logistics facilities and our new North Fleet Maintenance facility.
- Realized $100 million in savings and increased revenues for our department while at the same time enhancing customer service by opening eight (8) new fire rescue stations, placing twenty-eight (28) additional units in service, and upgrading fifteen (15) Basic Life Support (BLS) units to Advanced Life Support (ALS).
- Purchased and placed in service our first Fire Boat to protect our valuable assets at the Port of Miami, and developed a marine waterways operations plan that is a credit to our government and community.
- Created the S-T Elevation Myocardial Infarction Program (STEMI). As a result, Miami-Dade County enjoys the lowest mortality rate (less than 1%) from such cardiac-related incidents in the United States.
- Received zero deficiencies in the Annual Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspections for the last six years at Miami International Airport for our fire rescue operations.
- Received State of Florida E.M.S. Provider of the Year Award.
Fire Chief Lorenzo is a longtime Miami-Dade County resident. He graduated from Miami-Dade College, received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Barry University, and earned a Master of Science in Management from St. Thomas of Villanova University. He served honorably in the U.S. Army as a paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division and was wounded in combat while serving in the Republic of Viet Nam.
Chief Lorenzo is married to Myriam, his wife of 39 years; and they have three children: David, Tammy and Cathy, and four grandchildren who are the joy of his life.
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