Peter Brierty began his employment with County Fire when he brought the Hazardous Materials Division into the County Fire family in 1995. He is the only Fire Marshal in the State of California that is a registered Environmental Health Specialist. He has a total of 28 years experience in the field of Environmental Health. In his position as Fire Marshal, Peter participated in the development of the Mountain Area Safety Taskforce (MAST) that is the structure for managing the local tree mortality emergency. He also worked with a team of fire experts to design what is now the County Fire Safety Overlay, which has the strictest building standards for residential construction in high fire hazard zones.

He is a 20-year instructor for the University of California Riverside Extension on the topic of Environmental Law and Regulation Compliance. He was awarded the UCRX Instructor of the Year Award. He has instructed over 10 years at the Continuing Challenge, the premier national HazMat training conference for firefighters and law enforcement. For the last 10 years, he has been an instructor for the National Environmental Health Association across the country at their National conferences. He received the Stuart E. Richardson, Sr. Award for enhancement of public safety through education.

Peter and his wife Annie have been married for 30 years and have four children. He was the PTA President and a Board member at his children’s elementary school for 10 years. He is a Board Member of the Second Harvest Food Bank and was recently elected to the Arrowhead United Way Board of Directors. In November 2005, Peter was awarded the National Heroism of Forestry Award at the USFS Cradle of Forestry in North Carolina. It is awarded to individuals who have shown dedication and courage in protecting the safety others and protecting our natural resources. This achievement was later read into the Congressional Record. For the first time in the history of the award, he asked that his personal cash award of $5,000 be donated to five of his important charities.





Updated Aug. 2006