Division Chief (Wildland)- Kelly Sterna was born and raised in Deadwood, SD and graduated from Lead-Deadwood High School. After High School, Kelly attended South Dakota School of Mines and Technology in Rapid City, SD, in addition to furthering his education through Central New Mexico college in Albuquerque and Northern New Mexico College in Espanola. Kelly began his fire service career as a volunteer with Red River Fire Department for 4 years prior to coming to LAFD primarily as a wildland firefighter. In March of 2005, Kelly was hired by the Los Alamos Fire Department. Kelly holds National Wildland Coordinating Group (NWCG) for Engine Boss, Helicopter Crew member and Wildland Communications Technician.
During his 16 years at Los Alamos Fire Department Kelly has held the ranks of Firefighter I and II, Driver Engineer, Fire Captain, and Division Chief. He was also part of the Technical Rescue Team, Shift Training Team, SCBA team, and Communication team. Kelly has a daughter, who is pursuing a law degree at UT-Austin.
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Division Chief (Fire and Life Safety/Fire Marshal) - Wendy Serveystarted her fire service career in 1998 as a career
firefighter/paramedic at Coventry Fire in Akron, Ohio. In 2004, she moved to New Mexico and started with the career department of Santa Fe County Fire, then in 2006, she transitioned to the Los Alamos Fire Department in 2006. Division Chief Servey has spent 23 years in the fire service, and presently serves as Fire Marshal. Other fire leadership roles in the County include her assignments as Battalion Chief in Safety and Fire Operations.
Chief Servey has an associate's degree in Applied Science in Fire Science, a Bachelor of Science degree in Technology, and is a graduate of the National Fire Academy’s Executive Officer Program.
Chief Servey finds time to volunteer as a firefighter-paramedic in the community where she lives near Santa Fe. She and her partner Liz, who also volunteers as a firefighter, are looking to discover more time for hiking, RV’ing, traveling and lounging with their two chocolate Labradors – Maisie and Bowen.
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Division Chief (Safety) - Todd Forsythe grew up in southern California. After graduating from Arrowhead Christian Academy he studied business at Cal State University, San Bernardino. After working as a manager for Big 5 Sporting Goods he decided to pursue a career in fire and put himself through California State Fire Academy. He was hired on with the USFS and was a wildland firefighter for six seasons in the San Bernardino National Forest. After not being able to secure permanent employment with the forest service he moved to Havasu City, Arizona where he was a manufacturing manager for Sterilite for five years. In 2000 he took a position with Intel, where he worked as a Team Leader while also earning his Associate’s degree in Engineering. Todd never lost the desire to be a firefighter however, and he decided to follow his true calling and was hired on by Los Alamos Fire Department in 2008.
During his thirteen years with LAFD Todd has ascended the ranks of Firefighter one and two, Driver Engineer, Captain and Division Chief. He is also a member of the Hazmat and is an EMT-I.
Todd lives in Jemez Springs with his wife Cheryl and their two dogs. His pride and joy are his two sons, who are both attending Arizona State University; Cole is pursuing a degree in Business and Jake in Computer Science.
Todd enjoys restoring vintage vehicles, off-roading and riding his resto-mod Ford Bronco, being outdoors and spending time with his wife.
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