Assistant Chief Dave Anderson began his career as a Reserve Firefighter for San Clemente Fire Department in 1988 and transitioned to the Orange County Fire Department in 1994. Before being named Assistant Chief on March 2, 2017, Chief Anderson promoted through the ranks of Fire Captain, Fire Investigator, Administrative Captain, Battalion Chief, and, most recently, Division Chief for the City of Santa Ana.
Chief Anderson participated on the following special assignments: Technical Lead on the AVL Project, Academy Cadre for Academies 30 & 31, Medical Specialist for CA Task Force 5, CAD/AVL display on SharePoint, Peter's Canyon Mapping, Turnout Timer Pilot, CA-TF5 and OCFA Benevolent websites, check-in forms to FIRE Scope, Fire Friends forms re-design, and iOS Incident Notification.