In January of 2026, Jason Pyle was named the Interim Fire Chief of the Costa Mesa Fire & Rescue Department.

Pyle began his career in Costa Mesa in April of 2003 and quickly promoted to Engineer, Captain, Division Chief and then Assistant Fire Chief in 2023.

Prior to Costa Mesa, he worked for the Fullerton Fire Department and the Menlo Park Fire Protection District and he was a reserve firefighter for both the Los Alamitos and Anaheim Fire Departments.

Chief Pyle has served as the CMFR Training Officer and is certified as both the CMFR & California State Fire Marshal Company Officer and CMFR & California State Chief Officer.

He has been the past president of the Orange County Fire Chiefs Association Operations Sections, a Board Member for the Orange County City Hazardous Materials Emergency Response Authority, a deputy director for the SoCal Training Officers, a Fire Service Representative for the League of Cites Environmental Quality Policy Committee, a logistics specialist for the FEMA USAR Team - CA Task Force 3 and a Facilities Unit Leader for CA Team 2 for the US Forest Service National Incident Management Type 1 Team.

 He’s a graduate of Leadership Tomorrow and both the CSUF Leadership and All American Leadership Programs.

 Chief Pyle has an associate of science degree in fire administration from Santa Ana College and a bachelor’s degree in political and social science from UCI.

 He and his wife Jennifer have two sons, Jacob, who is also a UCI graduate and Jay, who is currently attending the US Air Force Academy.