David Dayringer Selected as Fayetteville Fire Chief

Mayor Lioneld Jordan announced today the selection of David Carter Dayringer as Fayetteville Fire Chief to begin in January of 2010.  Dayringer served as Deputy Chief for the Tulsa Fire Department, where he served for 28 years.  During his service, he managed the Support Services and Safety Services Sections and filled in as Fire Chief during the Chief’s absence in a department with a 712 member Fire Department that serves a city of 380,000 citizens and covers 214 square miles.  Dayringer was also certified as an Oklahoma Law Enforcement Officer.

Positions held during his tenure at the Tulsa Fire Department included Firefighter, Fire Equipment Operator, Fire Captain, Local Union President, Training Chief, Deputy Fire Chief of Support Services, and Fire Marshal.  The Safety Services Section, in which he served as Deputy Chief, includes the Branches of Code Enforcement, Arson Investigation, and Public Education.  As the head of a local branch of the International Association of Fire Fighters, he assisted with employee and management relations.  He also served as Deputy Fire Chief of Support Services, which includes the Training Branch, the Emergency Medical Services Branch, the Physical Resources and Safety Branch, the Finance Branch, and Information Technology Branch, and he oversaw a departmental budget of 53 to 64 million dollars annually. 

Dayringer received an Associate of Science degree from Tulsa Community College in Fire Protection Technology and received a Bachelor’s of Science in Industrial Operation at Northeastern State University in Tulsa, Oklahoma.  He is also a graduate of the National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program and a Chief Fire Officer Designate from the Commission on Professional Credentialing and holds certification as a National Registered Emergency Medical Technician-Basic.   

Please welcome David Dayringer as the newest member of the City’s public safety team.  Mayor Lioneld Jordan said, “The Search Committee and I found that while each of the three finalists  for the position were excellent, David provides the best expertise, leadership, relationship-building, vision, and overall fit with Fayetteville.  He was impressed with Fayetteville, and we were impressed with him.  He has strong credentials and a great deal of training.  He impressed people who met him during his interview day, he was the top choice of the 6-member Selection Committee, and he is my top choice.” 

Over the past two months, a 6-member Search Committee reviewed thirty-one candidate applications and interviewed ten candidates until narrowing the number of candidates to three.  These three candidates visited Fayetteville and met with Fire Department Staff, the public, the Mayor, and members of the International Association of Fire Fighters.  The Selection Committee consisted of Interim Fire Chief Kyle Curry, Police Chief Greg Tabor, Chief of Staff Don Marr, Finance Director Paul Becker, frontline firefighter Jeremy Jackson, and Communication Director Lindsley Smith.