Fire Senior Superintendent Leonida Viernes Gumanab-Rosales, received her promotion as the Regional Director of the Bureau of Fire Protection, Cordillera Region  during the turnover ceremony conducted at the Bureau of Fire Protection National Headquarters on September 24, 2020. Gumanab- Rosales is a graduate of Bachelor of Science in Agro-Forestry, Class of 1991 from the DMMMSU -North La Union Campus, Bacnotan, La Union. She also holds a diploma as Bachelor of Laws from the DMMMSU- College of Law in 2007.

Gumanab-Rosales was a Project Development Officer at the DENR PENRO- Abra before she decided to be a Police Cadet at the Philippine National Police Academy in 1996 and joined the PNPA Kabalikat Class of 1998.  Hence, she became a Fire Inspector at the Makati Fire Department in 1999, then as Police Inspector at the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)- Region 1 where she rose from the ranks. Gumanab-Rosales was Assistant Regional Director for Administration prior to her new position.