Pete Jensen

Battalion Chief (semi retired)

Battalion Chief Peter (Pete) Jensen, Ventura County Fire Protection District in Camarillo, California.
Chief Jensen recently semi-retired after over 35 years the fire service. He started his career on the Ventura Co. Fire Dept. on the hand crew fighting wildland fires. ln 1990 he joined the Point Mugu Fire Dept' at NAS Point Mugu as a civilian federal firefighter and progressed up to the rank of Captain. During his tenure there he was a plank holder in the creation of that department's hazmat and urban search and rescue (USAR) teams. After almost 9 years with that department he started over as a rookie firefighter with the Ventura County Fire Dept. and again has promoted back up through the ranks through Captain, the department's Hazmat Officer and finished as a Battalion Chief in Operations.
Chief Jensen has a Masters degree in Emergency and Disaster Management from American Military University, a Bachelor's degree from California State University Long Beach in Occupational Studies and an Associate's degree in Fire Technology from Oxnard College. He is a certified instructor from the California State Fire Marshal, The California Specialized Training institute, FEMA, the National Sheriffs' Association and the National Fire Academy. Pete has participated in numerous exercises as the lead or a member of the planning team. The exercises range from drills, seminars, tabletops, functional to full scale exercises involving over 200 participants from multiple local, state and federal agencies (Lead, Coastal Trident 2017-19). Chief Jensen has also presented a number of conferences nationwide on multiple different topics.
As part of his service to the fire service and the hazmat communities, Pete serves on a number of committees and working groups with the most notable being Firescope's Hazmat Working Group, NFPA 470 Technical committee, The International Association of Fire Chief's Hazmat Committee (Vice Chair), the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Emergency Services Sector's Information Sharing and FGA Working groups.
Pete is a certified Hazmat Specialist and a CSTI Outreach Instructor. He is also a qualified Division Group Supervisor, Strike Team Leader, Type 3 Safety Officer and Type 3 PIO through the federal NWCG incident qualification System ( ICS/NIMS).