City of Edmonds, Washington - Fire Department - Fire Chiefs of the Edmonds Fire Department

Edmonds Fire Department

Fire Chiefs of the Edmonds Fire Department

Chief	Appointed	Historic Information
A. W. Mowat	1904	Moved to Echo Lake area
J. V. Coons	1904
James N. Otto J.V. Coons, First Assistant	1907 1907	Owner of J. N. Otto Meat Market
Thomas Hall J.V. Coons, Assistant	1909 1909	EFD has ten members
J. N. Otto	1911
A. B. Bently W. W. Womer, Assistant P. E. Bacon, Assistant	1920 1920 1927	Nine years as Chief, retired after 14 years, owner of Reliable Hardware
M. C. (Matt) Engels P.E. Bacon, Assistant Fern Rittenhouse, Assistant Carl Callahan, Assistant	1929	Chief for 20 years, Rainbow Mill Manager, owner of Engels Fuel Co., President of the Edmonds Chamber, and Mayor
J. A. (Jimmy) Astell Claude Savage, Assistant Ernie Vollan, Assistant Dave Crow, Assistant	1949	Last volunteer Chief
Jack Cooper Dave Crow, Volunteer Assistant Ralph Klein, Paid Assistant and Fire Marshal Jack Weinz, Assistant Gary McComas, Fire Marshal	1965	First paid Chief, manned both stations 24 hours, started medical aid car and Paramedic service, started central dispatching and later, 9-1-1 service.
Jack Weinz Ron Schirman, Assistant Gary McComas, Fire Marshal	1979	One of four, first-hired full-time Firefighters; first paid Lieutenant; first paid Firefighter with over 25 years of service to EFD.
Clarence Buzzalsky Mike Springer, Assistant Gary McComas, Fire Marshal	1991	American Boxing Team Manager, 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.
Mike Springer Tim Whitman, Assistant Gary McComas, Fire Marshal	1994	20-year member of EFD; first LEOFF II hire.
Ron Haworth Kevin Taylor, Assistant John Westfall, Fire Marshal	1998
Thomas Tomberg Kevin Taylor, Assistant John Westfall, Fire Marshal	1999	Current Chief, promoted and managed significant operational and cultural Department change, added Battalion Chiefs, and integrated Fire Service Paramedics.

Last modified: March 05, 2007