Chad Womack

Assistant Chief

Chief Womack is originally from McMinnville, TN and moved to Anderson County in 1982. He joined the Anderson County Fire District in 1994 as a firefighter and has held the ranks of Lieutenant, Station 1 Captain, and Battalion Chief over Safety and Training before being promoted to Assistant Chief in 2016. Chief Womack also served as the department’s Training Officer from 1998 to 2018. Chief Womack serves as the Operations Chief for the Department.

Chief Womack is IFSAC Level 1 and 2 certified, IFSAC Hazardous Materials Awareness, IFSAC Hazardous Materials Operations, KY Level 1 Fire Instructor, National Register Paramedic, Hazardous Material Technician, Rope Rescue Technician, Swiftwater Technician, Large Animal Rescue Technician, FEMA IS 100a, 200A, 700, and 800 and a Certified Car Seat Technician. Chief Womack serve as a Firefighter Paramedic for the Lexington Fire Department until retirement from the Lexington Fire Department in January of 2022 with 20 years of service.

The county is in the heart of the Kentucky Bluegrass region along the Kentucky River. From its beginning days in the early 1800s, its heritage is preserved today and includes Civil War scrimmages, the gravesite of the late great-grandparents of department store founder J.C. Penney, the story of African American Anna Mac Clarke, and the evolution of bourbon.