INDEPENDENT LOCAL NEWSNewport News, Virginia

Employment record

Public institution
City of Newport News
Department / office / school
Fire
Position / title
Fire Marshal
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.

Employment source [1]

Original roster wording & label sources
Name in source
JOHN APPLEWHITE
Department in source
Fire
Position in source
FIRE MARSHAL

Common job-title abbreviations are expanded for readability. Original wording, job levels and compensation matches are preserved.

This title retains the roster wording. No unambiguous match to the public HR job library was established.

Official organization name source [2]

Salary & compensation

Named salary not verified

Not available

A person-specific public salary record has not been verified for this profile.

No exact department and job-classification match in the September 2026 dataset.

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Public records & case history

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No verified professional, licensure, certification or case record is attached to this profile.

Notes

Newport News Fire Department’s 2024 annual report lists John Applewhite as Fire Marshal among the uniformed command staff.

Reviewed: October 14, 2026

Newport News Fire Department 2024 Annual Report [3]

The City’s FY2024 MS4 annual report lists John N. Applewhite, then Deputy Fire Marshal, 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 [4]

References

  1. City FOIA Employees by PositionEmployee roster · Period: May 2026 · Tracker row ID 287 · Source page 4
  2. Official organization name sourceOrganization label source · Checked: October 8, 2026
  3. Newport News Fire Department 2024 Annual ReportProfessional record · Reviewed: October 14, 2026 · Period: 2024 · PDF page: 5 · PDF and printed page 5: Uniformed Command Staff
  4. City of Newport News FY2024 MS4 Annual ReportProfessional record · Reviewed: October 14, 2026 · Period: July 1, 2023–June 30, 2024 · PDF page: 121 · PDF page 121 / printed page 118, Appendix I: Employee Spill Response Training
  5. Directory sources and verificationMethodology