Division Chief Lawrence Trevino was appointed Emergency Manager for the City of San Antonio by Mayor Julian Castro on April 28th, 2011. Chief Trevino has over 28 years of service with the San Antonio Fire Department and since 2000 he has served as a District Fire Chief. He has been a key SAFD representative to the City’s emergency management program for the last five years.

Since 2008, he has served as the Deputy Incident Commander for the Alamo Regional Command Center. As Deputy Incident Commander, he was responsible for shelter operations and coordinating with the State Operation Center’s Emergency Manager, City staff and providing briefings to key stakeholders. Chief Trevino has also served as the Incident Commander for one of the All Hazard Incident Management Teams.