Peter R. Lucarelli
Former Fire Chief of the Bellevue, WA Fire Department, & Asst. Chief of the Los Angeles City Fire Department

Peter R. Lucarelli is an experienced public safety professional with over 41 years of fire protection and life safety services. He started his career with the Los Angeles City Fire Department as a Firefighter in 1963, and progressed through the ranks to Assistant Chief, when in 1990 he was recruited as the Fire Chief for Bellevue, Washington.

Chief Lucarelli recently retired from Bellevue with 14 years of distinguished service.

Lucarelli has held progressively demanding positions in his profession that range from assignment to most all positions within Fire Suppression and Rescue Operations to positions within Fire Prevention that included command of all code issues dealing with all industrial and commercial occupancies in the City of Los Angeles. He commanded the 911 Communications Center for LAFD and also had Command of all Fleet and Supplies operations for the department. He has extensive background and experience in community relations and outreach.

Under Chief Lucarelli’s leadership, the Bellevue Fire Department initiated the "Light Force Concept" in staff and apparatus deployment that allowed the community to realize hundreds of thousands of dollars in tax savings each year, while maintaining enhanced and quality fire and life safety protection. Bellevue Fire was the eighth fire department in the Nation to receive Accreditation by the Commission for Fire Accreditation Inter-national in 1998. Bellevue Fire is one of two fire departments in the State that hold the highest (best) rating for insurance premium ratings; Class 2. During the past ten years, the community has consistently rated the Bellevue Fire Department as the most important in terms of services provided, and bestowed on the Department the highest ratings for service satisfaction.

Lucarelli has represented the United States as a member of delegations to Japan and Italy, where he shared information dealing with preparedness for catastrophic earthquakes and systems for managing large scale emergencies.

Lucarelli is a graduate, with distinction, of the University of Redlands with a Bachelor’s Degree in Management; a graduate of the Executive Fire Officers Program, a course developer and an Adjunct Instructor at the National Fire Academy. Chief Lucarelli was the first Fire Chief in the Nation to be recognized by the international Association of Emergency Managers as a "Certified Emergency Manager" (CEM). He served as Technical Advisor for the major motion picture "The Towering Inferno" while working with the LAFD.

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