Employment record
- Public institution
- City of Newport News
- Department / office / school
- Fire
- Position / title
- Fire Battalion Chief
- Source type
- Roster assignment
- Classification / role type
- Fire/Police Schedule
- Record status
- Listed in source roster
- Source date / period
- May 2026
The roster records an assignment at the stated date. It does not establish employment status today.
Original roster wording & label sources
- Name in source
- SONYA ARMSTRONG
- Department in source
- Fire
- Position in source
- FIRE BATTALION CHIEF
Common job-title abbreviations are expanded for readability. Original wording, job levels and compensation matches are preserved.
Salary & compensation
Published role range
$123,362 – $154,062
This annual amount is matched to the department and job classification. The underlying compensation file does not name employees, so it cannot verify Sonya Armstrong’s individual pay.
September 2026 published dataset; downloaded October 1, 2026. The minimum and maximum describe the matching role group, not this person’s earnings.
Compensation source [2]Public records & case history
Dated professional records, case roles and court outcomes. Lawsuit allegations are identified separately from findings.
No verified professional, licensure, certification or case record is attached to this profile.
Notes
Newport News Fire Department’s 2020–2025 strategic plan names Sonya Armstrong among the department stakeholders who participated in the planning work sessions.
Reviewed: October 14, 2026
Newport News Fire Department 2020–2025 Strategic Plan [5]The City’s FY2024 MS4 annual report lists Sonya F. Armstrong, Fire Battalion Chief-Adm, at the HM Operations level in its Employee Spill Response Training appendix. The report covers July 1, 2023–June 30, 2024; it does not give an individual training completion date.
Reviewed: October 14, 2026
City of Newport News FY2024 MS4 Annual Report [6]Columbia Southern University’s September 2023 alumni feature identifies Sonya Armstrong of Newport News Fire Department as a 2014 university graduate.
Reviewed: October 14, 2026
Columbia Southern University: Knights in the News, September 2023 [7]References
- City FOIA Employees by Position
- Employee compensation — September 2026
- Official organization name source
- WTKR News 3 — Newport News Fire Department appoints first female Battalion Chief
- Newport News Fire Department 2020–2025 Strategic Plan
- City of Newport News FY2024 MS4 Annual Report
- Columbia Southern University: Knights in the News, September 2023
- Directory sources and verification