Donna Black

U.S. Fire Administration

Acting Administrator

Chief Donna Black has been active in the fire service for over 27 years. She began her career in 1997 as a volunteer, earning her way through the ranks (as both a paid and volunteer firefighter), culminating in 2006 when she was selected as the Fire Chief for the Town of Duck, North Carolina.  Chief Black served as the President of the International Association of Fire Chiefs during which she participated in the Inaugural U.S. Fire Administrator’s Summit on Fire Prevention and Control (2022) and has since worked to champion #FireServiceOneVoice collaboration efforts for the National Fire Strategy.  Chief Black also delivered testimony on the impact of wildfires at the 2022 and the 2023 U.S. Fire Administrator’s Summit Roundtable. Chief Black’s credentials include a Bachelor of Science degree from Ithaca College and went on to obtain her Master of Arts degree from the University of Georgia.  She graduated from the National Fire Academy's Executive Fire Officer (EFO) Program in 2012 and holds a Chief Fire Officer (CFO) designation from the Center for Public Safety Excellence. Chief Black also has a post-graduate Certificate in Community Preparedness & Disaster Management from the Gillings School of Public Health at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.   

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