Darryl Jones is a veteran of the United States Marine Corp, and has been in the fire service for 23 years. Darryl started as a volunteer fire fighter in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, and was hired full time in 1987. He was promoted to chief of the Aliquippa Fire Department in 1995. In 2007, he was named chief of the Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire. Darryl obtained a bachelor of arts in business management from Carlow College in Pittsburgh in 1991, and a master’s degree in public management from Carnegie Mellon University in 1994. Darryl is also a 2008 graduate of the Executive Fire Officer Program at the National Fire Academy in Emmitsburg, Maryland. Currently, Darryl is pursuing a PhD in public safety at Capella University with an emergency management specialization.
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