Matthew Marquis (MAR-kwis) has an impressive record of providing training, management, leadership, and planning. While with the Fairfax County Department of Emergency Management and Security, he served as a Lead Planner, Regional Planner, and Community Engagement Specialist. He was a key leader in developing, implementing, reviewing, and revising multiple emergency plans, including emergency operations plans, hazard mitigation plans, and recovery plans. Matthew has effectively briefed these plans to senior policy officials, agency directors, and the public in and around the National Capital Region. Additionally, over the past three years, Matthew has demonstrated his leadership as the program manager for the NCR Threats and Hazards Identification and Risk Assessment (THIRA) and Stakeholder Preparedness Report (SPR) submitted to FEMA.
Matthew has six years of experience as a Firefighter and EMT in Loudoun County, VA. He has spent the last three years as a dedicated volunteer and part-time instructor with the Loudoun County Combined Fire and Rescue System, teaching volunteer recruits basic suppression skills and ICS. Matthew’s commitment to public safety is further demonstrated through his volunteer roles as an engine driver and FF/EMT with the Sterling Volunteer Fire Company and as the training officer for a volunteer company of one hundred-plus volunteers.
Matthew has earned certification as an Associate Emergency Manager (AEM) through the International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM) and as a Virginia Professional Emergency Manager (VaPEM) through the Virginia Emergency Management Association.