Chief Carlito Rayos was promoted March 31, 2025, to the rank of Deputy Fire Chief and is responsible for planning, organizing, and administering a comprehensive County fire protection and prevention system, including investigation, public information and education, hazardous materials, training, technical rescue teams for urban areas and Laughlin, and managing specified program areas through subordinate chiefs and coordinators.

Chief Rayos is a second-generation Las Vegas native with nearly two decades of service in public safety and policy at the local, state, tribal and federal level. Prior to this promotion, Rayos served as Assistant Fire Chief for the Investigation Division and as the Hazardous Materials and Critical Infrastructure Coordinator. Before joining CCFD, Rayos served as the Emergency Management Sergeant with the Moapa Tribal Police Department. Chief Rayos was also the Emergency Management and Homeland Security Officer for the City of North Las Vegas where he assisted with fire investigations and represented North Las Vegas on the Southern Nevada Arson Group and Southern Nevada Joint Terrorism Task Force.

Additionally, Rayos served as a commissioned officer with the US Coast Guard and Army as a field-grade, branch-qualified military police and psychological operations officer as well as Federal Maritime Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) certified boarding team leader and officer. Rayos served three command tours forward deployed or in operational environments. Rayos served as the operations officer for the 92nd Civil Support Team-Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) which was designed to be the first Department of Defense (DoD) assets on the ground in support of local authorities against WMDs. Prior to active and reserve military service, Rayos served as a criminal investigator and city council liaison for the City of Las Vegas. After active military service, Rayos served as a reserve Las Vegas marshal, a CCFD Rural Division volunteer firefighter, and part-time firefighter/EMT for Mesquite Fire and Rescue.

Rayos holds certifications as a Hazmat Specialist, Firefighter II, Fire Instructor II, Fire Officer II, EMT, Fire and Explosives Investigator and Fire Investigation Technician as well as a being a Certified Emergency Manager. Rayos also holds advanced degrees in Public Administration and Crisis and Emergency Management.