Derek Maxfield

Derek J. Maxfield is a third-generation chief officer who was appointed West Jordan, UT, Fire Department’s fire chief in 2019. He began his career as a paid-call firefighter with the Salt Lake County, UT, Fire Department in 1998 and was hired full-time with the Sandy City, UT, Fire Department in 2001, where he spent 18 years serving as paramedic, engineer, captain, battalion chief and deputy fire chief. Maxfield is an adjunct faculty member in the Utah Valley University Emergency Services Degree program. He was awarded Chief Fire Officer designation (CFO) and holds an associate degree in fire science, a bachelor's degree in communication from the University of Utah and a Master of Public Administration from the Marriott School of Management at Brigham Young University.