{"id":396663,"date":"2026-02-25T09:17:50","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T14:17:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.miamibeachfl.gov\/?p=396663"},"modified":"2026-02-25T09:19:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T14:19:49","slug":"miami-beach-commission-appoints-first-woman-fire-chief-in-floridas-most-populous-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.miamibeachfl.gov\/ht\/miami-beach-commission-appoints-first-woman-fire-chief-in-floridas-most-populous-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Komisyon Miami Beach la nonmen premye fanm ch\u00e8f ponpye nan konte ki gen plis moun nan Florid la."},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.miamibeachfl.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/First-Woman-Appointed-Fire-Chief-in-Miami-Beach.pdf\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTelechaje Kominike pou lapr\u00e8s la\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n<h2>\n\t\t\tPataje:\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class= \"uabb-ss-grid-button-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.miamibeachfl.gov%2F%3Fp%3D396663%26fl_builder\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"window.open(this.href,'social-share','left=20,top=20,width=500,height=500,toolbar=1,resizable=0');return false;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.miamibeachfl.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/icon-facebook.png\" alt=\"283216\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class= \"uabb-ss-grid-button-link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.miamibeachfl.gov%2F%3Fp%3D396663%26fl_builder\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"window.open(this.href,'social-share','left=20,top=20,width=500,height=500,toolbar=1,resizable=0');return false;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.miamibeachfl.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/icon-twitterx.png\" alt=\"283218\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class= \"uabb-ss-grid-button-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.miamibeachfl.gov%2F%3Fp%3D396663%26fl_builder\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"window.open(this.href,'social-share','left=20,top=20,width=500,height=500,toolbar=1,resizable=0');return false;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.miamibeachfl.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/icon-linkedin.png\" alt=\"283217\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n<h2>\n\t\t\tpou lage imedya\t<\/h2>\n<h2>\n\t\t\t26 jen 2024\t<\/h2>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tKomisyon Miami Beach la nonmen premye fanm ch\u00e8f ponpye nan konte ki gen plis moun nan Florid la.\t<\/h3>\n<h4>\n\t\t\t\u2013 Ch\u00e8f Digna Abello pral ranplase Virgil Fernandez nan t\u00e8t youn nan pi gwo depatman ponpye nan Sid Florid \u2013\t<\/h4>\n\t<p><strong>Miami Beach, Florid<\/strong> \u2013 Vil Miami Beach vin premye minisipalite nan Konte Miami-Dade ki nonmen yon fanm pou dirije depatman ponpye li a, ki deja gen distenksyon pou l se youn nan s\u00e8lman yon ti kras plis pase 1% nan 37,983 ajans ponpye patisipan yo Ozetazini ki te rive jwenn prestijye evalyasyon ISO Klas 1 nan men Biwo S\u00e8vis Asirans lan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMwen fy\u00e8 pou m nonmen Ch\u00e8f Digna Abello k\u00f2m premye fanm ch\u00e8f ponpye nan listwa Miami Beach ak Konte Miami-Dade,\u201d te di Rickelle Williams, Manadj\u00e8 Enterim\u00e8 Vil Miami Beach. \u201cEntegrite san fay li, laj eksperyans li, ak talan lid\u00e8chip natir\u00e8l li te f\u00e8 li chwa ki kl\u00e8 e ki pi bon an.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Komisyon Vil Miami Beach la apwouve nominasyon Abello a inanimman jodi a, M\u00e8kredi 26 Jen an, ki antre an vig\u00e8 1ye Jiy\u00e8. Li pral ranplase Ch\u00e8f Depatman Ponpye Miami Beach, Virgil Fernandez, ki pran retr\u00e8t apre plis pase 10 ane nan ajans lan ak plis pase kat deseni s\u00e8vis nan ajans ponpye nan Sid Florid.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMwen s\u00e8ten m ap rem\u00e8t depatman an bay pi bon kandida posib la ki pral kontinye ranf\u00f2se ajans lan nan ane k ap vini yo,\u201d Fernandez te di.<\/p>\n<p>Abello te k\u00f2manse kary\u00e8 li k\u00f2m ponpye nan Miami Beach plis pase 19 ane de sa epi li te byen vit distenge t\u00e8t li, li te rive nan ran lyetnan av\u00e8k yon konsantrasyon sou rekritman ak administrasyon. Apre sa, yo te nonmen li ch\u00e8f divizyon s\u00e8vis sip\u00f2, ch\u00e8f divizyon f\u00f2masyon ak ch\u00e8f divizyon sekou \u2013 twa gwo divizyon nan depatman an.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMwen onore pou m s\u00e8vi rezidan Miami Beach yo k\u00f2m ch\u00e8f ponpye epi m ap kontinye kenbe tradisyon ekselans depatman nou an,\u201d te di Abello, ki te nonmen nan pozisyon akty\u00e8l li k\u00f2m adjwen ch\u00e8f administrasyon an 2020, kote li te patisipe nan tout zaf\u00e8 ak inisyativ enp\u00f2tan depatman an.<\/p>\n<p>Pandan pandemi COVID-19 la, Abello te dirije estrateji repons konpl\u00e8 depatman an, ki te gen ladan devlopman pwosedi operasyon estanda ak kolaborasyon av\u00e8k ajans sante ki kons\u00e8ne yo. Li te lanse av\u00e8k siks\u00e8 pwogram vaksinasyon COVID-19 ajans lan ki te bay plis pase 13,000 rezidan vilnerab vaksinasyon.<\/p>\n<p>Li te dirije tou de sik akreditasyon ISO Klas 1 ki solid, ki baze sou Or\u00e8 Evalyasyon Sipresyon Dife ki devlope pou evalye kapasite prevansyon dife ak sipresyon dife depatman ponpye yo. Anplis de sa, Abello te sip\u00e8vize Inite Kominikasyon Sekirite Piblik la, ki reponn a tout ap\u00e8l ijans 911 nan vil la epi ki te touche distenksyon pou l se youn nan s\u00e8lman 13 \u00f2ganizasyon sa yo nan mond lan ki gen twa akreditasyon atrav\u00e8 Akademi Ent\u00e8nasyonal Dispatch\u00e8 Ijans yo.<\/p>\n<p>Ch\u00e8f kap vini an te resevwa lisans li nan jesyon ijans nan Iniv\u00e8site Barry epi li gen plizy\u00e8 s\u00e8tifikasyon, tankou enspekt\u00e8 ponpye, ofisye ponpye, enstrikt\u00e8 ponpye, s\u00e8tifikasyon lid\u00e8chip Akademi Nasyonal Ponpye, s\u00e8tifikasyon sist\u00e8m k\u00f2mand ensidan ak manadj\u00e8 akreditasyon nan men Komisyon Ent\u00e8nasyonal sou Akreditasyon Ponpye.<\/p>\n<p>###<\/p>\n<p><em>Pou mande matery\u00e8l sa a nan yon l\u00f2t f\u00f2ma, yon ent\u00e8pr\u00e8t lang siy (ou bezwen yon avi senk jou), enf\u00f2masyon sou aks\u00e8 pou moun ki andikape, ak\/oswa nenp\u00f2t aranjman pou revize nenp\u00f2t dokiman oswa patisipe nan nenp\u00f2t pwosedi vil la ap \u00f2ganize, rele 305.604.2ADA (2232) epi chwazi 1 pou angle oswa 2 pou pany\u00f2l, answit opsyon 6; itilizat\u00e8 TTY yo ka rele atrav\u00e8 711 (S\u00e8vis Rel\u00e8 Florid).<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Download Press Release Share: for immediate release June 26, 2024 Miami Beach Commission Appoints First Woman Fire Chief in Florida&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":222,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_searchwp_excluded":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1664,1877,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-396663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2025-press-releases","category-fire-press-release","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.4 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - 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