BOSTON—Northampton Fire Chief Jon M. Davine, a US Marine Corps veteran with nearly 25 years of experience as a firefighter, has been selected as Massachusetts’ next State Fire Marshal. 

By statute, the authority for selecting Massachusetts’ State Fire Marshal rests with the eight-member Fire Service Commission. Chief Davine, who has served as chief of Northampton Fire Rescue since 2020, was selected by the Commission at its June 15, 2023, meeting and will assume his new position on July 31.

He succeeds outgoing State Fire Marshal Peter J. Ostroskey, who has served as State Fire Marshal since 2016.