Aug 13, 2019
Charles Werner is the retired Charlottesville fire chief and
45-year public safety veteran. After retirement, Charles worked
with the Virginia Department of Emergency Management from 2015 -
2017 as senior advisor/acting deputy state coordinator. Charles
served in numerous leadership roles at the local, state, national
levels on public safety communications, GIS, broadband, information
sharing, thermal imaging, enhanced location technology, FirstNet
and drones.
He chairs the National Council on Public Safety UAS and is a
Certified FAA Remote Pilot. Charles also serves as Chief of Public
Safety for DroneUp. Charles is an author with 120+ internationally
published articles. Charles has received numerous recognitions for
his work in the area of public safety technology.
In 2008, he was selected as National Career Fire Chief of the Year
by Fire Chief Magazine and in 2018, was selected Homeland Security
Person of the Year by Homeland Security Today Magazine for work on
public safety initiatives.
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Charles Werner
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