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Houston Fire Chief Sam Peña replaced by Tom Muñoz

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Published  July 26, 2024 10:05am CDT
Houston
FOX 26 Houston

New Houston Fire Department Chief named

FOX 26 Anchor Anthony Antoine has more on the new chief that was named by Houston Mayor John Whitmire on Friday.

HOUSTON - Sources told FOX 26, the Houston Fire Department will undergo a change in leadership with Fire Chief Sam Peña being replaced by Thomas Muñoz.

Peña has been chief of the department since Dec. 19, 2016, and is a 28-year veteran. 

According to Mayor John Whitmire, Muñoz retired from HFD as an Assistant Chief and recently served as the City's Emergency Management Coordinator and the acting Director for the Mayor's Office of Public Safety and Homeland Security.

Thomas Munoz

Peña leads the third-largest municipal fire department in the country with approximately 3,900 personnel and an annual budget of over $559 million.

Chief Muñoz will be the department's 37th chief since 1895 when the department became non-volunteer.