Lieutenant Julia (JJ) Elliott serves as a dedicated member of the Falls Church Volunteer Fire Department, holding multiple leadership roles including Lieutenant, Trustee, and Training Officer. With over six years of exper... read more →
Archives: Officers
Richard Klein
Richard is a Falls Church City resident who spent most of his career working at a laboratory in Washington, DC. He joined the FCVFD as an administrative member in 2018, where he managed the chaos of children's birthday pa... read more →
Rita Wells
Rita Lappin Wells joined the FCVFD in November 2019 and currently serves as the Treasurer. Originally from Illinois, she is a long-term resident of the City of Falls Church. She is an adjunct faculty member in the Georgeto... read more →
Justin Miller
Justin Miller joined the Falls Church VFD in 2019 and is an active EMT. He has served as a trustee and as membership coordinator. Since joining, he has obtained EMT-B and EVOC I/II/III certifications. Outside the depar... read more →
Brian Miller
Brian joined the Falls Church Volunteer Fire Department in 2022 and is an active EMT. Outside of volunteering, he works as a product manager at a software company. Originally from Virginia Beach, Brian balances his career... read more →
Kelly Brown
Chief Brown joined the FCVFD in 2022, is an active EMT/Driver/AIC, and has served as Scheduling Officer, Training Officer, Lieutentant, Assistant Chief, and Trustee. Chief Brown now serves as the Department’s first fema... read more →
Jim O’Dowd
Jim O'Dowd joined the Falls Church VFD in October 1986. Jim is a lifelong Northern Virginia resident. Jim has served the Falls Church VFD as a Firefighter-EMT, EMS Lieutenant, EMS Captain, Secretary, Vice President and... read more →
