Michael Moore

                       Fire Chief

                                               Phone: (951) 826-5624
                                               Email: MMoore@riversideca.gov
                                               Website: https://www.riversideca.gov/fire

Michael Moore was sworn in as the 21st Fire Chief for the City of Riverside Fire Department on August 26, 2014. He was born in raised in the City of Long Beach and attended elementary and Jr. High School there. He graduated from near-by Bellflower High School in 1979.

Coming to the City with over 32 years of experience, he started his career in the fire service with the Orange County Fire Department in 1982 as a Firefighter, and worked his way up the ranks to Division Chief (local Fire Chief).

While with OCFA, he served as a Battalion Chief and headed their Operations Training and Safety Section for five years and was the Training Section lead on the design team for the new Regional Fire Operations and Training Center facility. He also worked in the department’s busiest operation battalion for nearly four years and served as a Task Force Leader on the department’s Urban Search and Rescue Team (California Task Force 5).

In 2008 he was promoted to Division Chief where he served as the local Fire Chief for four cities: Yorba Linda, Tustin, Placentia and Villa Park. In 2001 he became the Division Chief (local Fire Chief) for the City of Irvine.

Chief Moore is a graduate of California State University Long Beach with Masters Degree in Public Administration, Redlands University with a Bachelors in Management, Long Beach City College with an Associates Degree in Fire Science and Santa Ana College with an Associates Degree in Paramedical Sciences. He is a California State Certified Instructor and Fire Officer. Chief Moore graduated from the National Fire Academy in Emmittsburg, Maryland completing the four-year Executive Fire Officer Program. He is active in his fraternity - Sigma Pi Fi and Rotary International.

As our Fire Chief, he brings an extensive background in various aspects of the fire service and is committed to staying active in specialize training opportunities, strategic planning, accreditation and preparing our city for future challenges.

His focus is to update our Department’s Strategic Plan, a document that is an overall umbrella of our goals, objectives and mission statement, and to look forward to the needs of the department and the city; and review and update the Standards of Cover that ensures we are providing the best service and coverage for the city through established response time criteria.

Chief Moore resides in the City of Riverside with his wife Robyne of 32 years and they have two adult children, Candace and Cameron. His hobbies are supporting local sports teams (Anaheim Angels and San Diego Chargers), camping, working out at the local gym (weights, running and racquetball), motorcycling, bicycling and restoring 60’s and 70’s muscle cars.