{"id":804336,"date":"2020-02-18T18:44:21","date_gmt":"2020-02-19T01:44:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=379200"},"modified":"2020-02-18T18:44:21","modified_gmt":"2020-02-19T01:44:21","slug":"summit-fire-ems-names-travis-davis-as-new-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/summit-fire-ems-names-travis-davis-as-new-chief\/","title":{"rendered":"Summit Fire & EMS names Travis Davis as new chief"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Deputy Chief Travis Davis and Summit Fire & EMS Chief Jeff Berino are pictured after the department announced Davis as Berino’s successor in July. <\/strong>
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DILLON \u2014 Summit Fire & EMS announced that Deputy Chief Travis Davis will take over as the department\u2019s new chief in July.<\/p>\n

In October, Summit Fire Chief Jeff Berino announced that he would be retiring<\/a> from his post following 40 years of service in the county. The department\u2019s board of directors voted unanimously Tuesday, Feb. 18, to announce Davis as Berino\u2019s successor.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am humbled by the support of our staff and honored that the board members have given me this opportunity,\u201d Davis said in a statement about his appointment. \u201cWe\u2019ve been through a lot of major changes and have more than doubled in size in the last couple of years. And while there are still efforts underway for us to get settled in, we also need to be looking toward the future in terms of priorities and how we can take advantage of new opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n

Davis, 49, currently serves as Summit Fire\u2019s deputy chief of operations. He\u2019ll take over as chief July 3 to complete what board members hope will be a smooth transition in leadership for the department\u2019s 99 full-time employees.<\/p>\n

Davis started his career in emergency response in Prescott, Arizona, in 1993 and moved to Colorado to join the Lake Dillon Fire Authority \u2014 a predecessor of Summit Fire & EMS \u2014 as a volunteer firefighter in 1996. He was later promoted to battalion chief in 2007 and was named deputy chief last year.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are fortunate to have capable, accomplished and extremely qualified senior leadership at Summit Fire & EMS, and we as a board felt that we had a great opportunity to build on the current momentum by promoting a new chief from within the ranks,\u201d board President Jim Cox said in the release.<\/p>\n

Davis and his wife, Christine, have raised two boys on the Front Range and live in Silverthorne.<\/p>\n

Berino, 62, announced his retirement after being named Colorado Fire Chief of the Year last year, noting he\u2019s hoping to spend more time outdoors enjoying Summit County\u2019s natural amenities with his wife, Janis.<\/p>\n

During Berino\u2019s five years as chief, he oversaw the organization\u2019s merger with Copper Mountain Fire and change in the department\u2019s moniker from Lake Dillon Fire-Rescue to Summit Fire & EMS. Berino also oversaw the construction of the department\u2019s new administration building, helped the group gain professional accreditation and recently facilitated the merger with the Summit County Ambulance Service, among other notable efforts.<\/p>\n

\u201cChief Berino is not the type of leader that can easily be replaced,\u201d Cox said. \u201cHis accomplishments as a chief officer of this department are next to none. He will leave behind some very, very big shoes to fill.\u201d<\/p>\n

Upon the announcement of Davis\u2019 appointment, Berino took the opportunity to voice his strong support for the board\u2019s decision.<\/p>\n

\u201cHaving seen Travis blossom in his current role after his years of admirable work on the front lines of emergency response, I have all the confidence in the world that he will serve with distinction,\u201d Berino said in the release.<\/p>\n

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Deputy Chief Travis Davis and Summit Fire & EMS Chief Jeff Berino are pictured after the department announced Davis as Berino’s successor in July. Courtesy Summit Fire & EMS DILLON \u2014 Summit Fire & EMS announced that Deputy Chief Travis Davis will take over as the department\u2019s new chief in July. In October, Summit Fire […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-804336","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-22 07:29:23","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=804336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804336\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=804336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=804336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=804336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}