Tracy Winecoff

Tracy Winecoff began his fire-service career in 1989 as a junior firefighter and Explorer Scout in Rowan County, NC. After high school, he worked as a full-time paramedic with Rowan County EMS before joining the Kannapolis, NC, Fire Department (KFD) in 1999. At the KFD, Winecoff advanced through the ranks—captain, battalion chief, division chief and deputy chief—before he was appointed fire chief in April 2020. He also volunteers with the Locke Township Fire Department, which is in Salisbury, NC, and serves as president of the Rowan County Fire & Rescue Association. Winecoff also is a member of the executive board of the regional special operations task force and several local, state, and national fire and emergency management associations. He is an adjunct instructor for the ALERRT (Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training) Active Shooter Program at Texas State University and teaches at Rowan-Cabarrus Community College.