Retired Chief
San Juan County Fire Department
Aztec, New Mexico
Craig Daugherty retired as the Fire Chief of San Juan County Fire Department (SJCFD), in December 2019. SJCFD is a combination department located in the four corners region of New Mexico, consisting of 10 fire Districts with 23 stations covering an area of over 4000 square miles. The department handled over 9,000 calls per year with a force of 220 volunteers and 14 paid staff. Chief Daugherty has an extensive fire background stretching back over 30 years. He started out as a volunteer where he “got the bug”. He earned a degree from Texas A & M University primarily funding his way through college by working as a seasonal wildland firefighter for the U.S. Forest Service in Challis, ID. After graduating he worked for various land management agencies to include the Idaho Department of Lands and New Mexico State Forestry before transitioning to SJCFD. He served as Wildland Division Chief and Deputy Chief of Operations before becoming the Chief of the department. He has been a member of Incident Management Teams for over 20 years with 17 of those being on a National Interagency Type 1 team, where he has attained the qualification of Operations Section Chief. Craig is a member of the IAFC’s wildland policy committee. He will bring real-world experiences to help you and your departments understand the impacts even the smallest incident can have on your community, and how you can plan to deal with these incidents and the chaos that ensues.
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Thursday, August 25, 2022
2:45 PM – 3:45 PM
Friday, August 26, 2022
10:15 AM – 11:15 AM