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 Michael T. Reilly
Battalion Chief, Fairfax County Fire Department
Michael T. Reilly is a 24-year veteran of the Fire Service. For the last 22 years he has been with the Fairfax County Fire & Rescue Department,
which has 1200 career and 300 volunteer members. The department responds to an average of 80,000 calls annually and protects 399 square miles.
Currently, Mr. Reilly is a Battalion Chief in charge of the Hazardous Materials and Fire Investigations Section. This includes arson, bombings,
explosives, environmental crimes, LEPC and Haz-Mat Technical Support, and fire cause and origin. Prior to this Battalion Chief Reilly was a Station
Captain, in charge of a Technical Rescue Specialty Station and was the Executive Officer of the Departments Honor Guard & Ceremonial Unit. He is a
former Battalion EMS Supervisor where he managed six fire stations for all emergency EMS calls. Chief Reilly is college certified in Emergency
Medical Services and has been a certified Paramedic since 1981. He is the past Director of the Life Safety Education section, which coordinates
all public information and media releases, as well as all the Fire & Rescue Departments Life Safety Education Programs.
Chief Reilly is a Safety Officer with the departments FEMA/OFDA sponsored U.S. Urban Search and Rescue Team and the Departments Critical
Incident Stress Management Team (CISM), both of which took part in the 1998 Soviet Armenia earthquake, the 1990 Philippine earthquake, the
1992 Hurricane Andrew, the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing missions, the 1996 Centennial Olympics, and, most recently, he was the mission safety
officer for the 1998 bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, and the earthquakes which occurred in Turkey and Taiwan in 1999.
Chief Reilly has been the lead instructor with organizations including FEMA's Disaster Strike Team the Mobile Emergency Response Support Teams
(MERS); The Royal Saudi Military Police Academy in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; the Louisiana State Fireman's Convention; The Tennessee Rescue
Squad Management Seminar, The Tennessee Fire Chiefs Assoc, 1995 Convention and the National Association of Counties Convention (NACO). He was
also the keynote speaker at the Ohio State Fireman's Association in 1994. Mr. Reilly has recently assisted the International Association of
Fire Chiefs with The Fires Worldwide Conference on Strengthening the Fire And Emergency Response To Terrorism held at FEMA's Mt. Weather Emergency
Assistance Center. Presentations from seven different countries as well as numerous Federal Agencies were conducted. In addition Chief Reilly
consults with area medical institutions conducting disaster management training seminars and emergency response to such events as mass casualty
incidents, fires, chemical emergencies, physical violence in the work place and evacuations.
Mr. Reilly is a sworn federal officer assigned to the Washington Field Office as a U.S. Special Agent for the United States Coast Guard Reserves.
His duties include arson investigations, criminal investigations, and background security checks for the issuance of clearances and dignitary
protection details for the U.S. Coast Guard.
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