Anthony William DaSilva

Effectively command large-scale incidents, ensuring community and responder safety, minimizing property loss, and ensuring government and business continuity

• Operational and financial oversight of the BLS Ambulance Operator program increasing retention, accountability and revenue
• Serve as the liaison to the Long Beach Airport strategically collaborating with Airport Officials, producing a new ARRF Unit and a successful increase in annual revenue to the Fire Department
• Assigned by the Fire Chief to implement Implicit Bias community wellness training department-wide to advance the city’s Racial Equity Initiatives and Racial Equity Action Plan
• Designed and implemented the department’s Radio Communications Program in collaboration with the city’s Technology and Innovation division for wireless upgrades and an increase in service, and established check in meetings
• Partner with Public Works to manage the execution of multi-million-dollar fire facility capital improvement projects
• Collaborate with county and city stakeholders to coordinate and combat poverty and homelessness in the surrounding Long Beach area
• Supervise and manage the city-wide Incident Management Team interfacing with Police, Health, and Disaster Preparedness Departments
• Serve as the liaison to the city’s Emergency Operations Center - to ensure timely execution of disaster preparedness plans and an effective Dispatch Operations Center
• Maintained a culturally competent and motivated workforce, with an emphasis on first-line supervisors, performance evaluation, counseling, training, and managing employee performance improvement action plans
• Reviewed reports and investigate complaints to ensure compliance with local, state, and federal regulations including department policies, rules, and procedures
• Ensured Homeland Security Grant goals are met and anticipate the resources required for the department to meet organizational goals
• Manage the Fire Department’s Unmanned Arial Systems program

• Lead post-acquisition integration process for Port of Long Beach’s two 35 million-dollar Fireboats as Fire Department’s Training Officer
• Collaborate with City’s Financial Management Bureau, ePCR vendors, LA County Department Health Services to migrate to paperless medical form capturing and recording system
• Fire Department’s Electronic Patient Care systems migration team
• Performed in capacity of Fire Department’s Telestaff Administrator
• Served as Liaison to United States Coast Guard
• Created, developed and delivered Fire Department’s Marine Safety ICS curriculum
• USCG Marine Firefighting & Salvage guide - Contributing Author
• LAX Air Sea Disaster subject matter ecpert
• Port of Long Beach’s Target Hazard book - Creator / Author
• Light Force Response policy implementation
• Qualified Relief Captain Certified - Rescue Boat
• Qualified Relief Captain Certified – HAZMAT
• Qualified Relief Captain Certified – USAR