Allen Lewis

Allen Lewis is the Fire Chief and Emergency Manager of the Virginia Fire Department in Minnesota. He is an EFO graduate, a CPSE credentialed CFO and CEMSO, member of the Institution of Fire Engineers (MIFireE), a Paramedic, as well as a certified IFSAC Fire Officer, Instructor, and Investigator with the Minnesota Fire Service Certification Board.

Chief Lewis has a master’s degree in Public Administration, a bachelor’s in Fire Service Administration and is an adjunct professor in the College of Safety and Emergency Services at Columbia Southern University where he teaches multiple courses.

Chief Lewis serves on the IAFC's Program Planning Committee, St. Louis County 9-1-1 User Board, St. Louis County Fire Chiefs' Association, Northeast Regional Emergency Communication Board, Minnesota State Fire Chiefs' Association Legislative & EMS Committees, and the regional Mental Health Task Force. As a well-traveled international instructor and consultant in the fire service and EMS profession, he has trained fire and EMS personnel in Afghanistan, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Iraq, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.