Jason McCandless


Jason has served as an operational member of the Department since 2006.

A Virginia-certified, nationally-registered paramedic since 2008, Jason earned his critical care and flight paramedic certifications from the Board for Critical Care Transport Certification in 2018. He hopes to earn his community paramedic certification from the Board in 2020.

When not staffing the Department’s ambulance, Jason is a volunteer paramedic for the Loudoun County Combined Fire & Rescue System. He also enjoys volunteering for the Arlington Medical Reserve Corps, the Arlington Free Clinic, and Doorways for Women & Families.

After eleven years as a prosecutor for Arlington County and the City of Falls Church, Jason has spent the past ten years doing child welfare litigation for Arlington County.