Chief Chuck Fedak
Chuck Fedak is currently a Battalion Chief with the Orange County Fire Authority, one of the largest fire departments in California. Chief Fedak was the coordinator for the Fire Captain training academy and was also instructed in various course topics. He has written, developed, and had multiple proposals implemented within the department, including purchasing new equipment, department training classes, and a new format to conduct and deliver department-wide after-action incident reviews.
Chief Fedak has participated in Captain and Battalion Chief promotional exam development within and outside of his current fire department. He has helped develop components of the assessment center portion of the promotional exam process. He continues to help train, mentor and educate members of the fire service to be successful not only in the promotional process, but also for the supervisory position they aspire to achieve. He has instructed at the State level on Emergency All-Risk Simulations, Tactics and Strategy, Conflict Resolution, and Employee Personnel Issues.
He has been selected to participate on the following committees and project teams: Emergency Medical Services, apparatus and personnel equipment, SOP revision, Safety committee, and the Computer-Aided Dispatch Process.
Chief Fedak has completed an assignment as a Fire Captain in the Emergency Medical Services section. He has also completed a tour in the Operations Training & Safety Section of the department as a Fire Captain, where he served as a department Fire Training and Safety Officer. He recently just completed an assignment as the Operations Training and Safety Battalion Chief. He developed and was the lead instructor for the Fire Captain and Battalion Chief Promotional Preparation class to train and prepare department members for fire department promotional exams and to be ready to assume the position of Fire Officer.
Chief Fedak has earned a Master’s Degree in Leadership from California Coast University, Bachelor of Science Degree in Health Care from California State University, Long Beach, and a vocational teaching credential from California State University, San Diego. He has also earned an AA degree in Communication from Golden West College and an AS degree in Fire Science from Santa Ana College. He is a certified SFM Chief Officer. Chief Fedak has attended multiple classes at the NFA in command and control and safety operations. He is a Pro Board certified Safety Officer and fills the position of Safety Officer on a Type 3 All-Hazard Incident Management Team for his organization.
He began his fire service career in 1995 as a paid-call firefighter and completed paramedic school and graduated from Daniel Freeman as the class Valedictorian in 1997. He worked as a private paramedic in the South Bay area of Los Angeles County and as a flight paramedic until he was hired full-time in 1999. He held the ranks of Firefighter/Paramedic, Engineer/Paramedic and Captain/Paramedic.
Chuck is married to his wife Jessica and they have two boys, Tyler and Garrett. Away from the job he enjoys outdoor activities, including spending time out on the ocean fishing.
