BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

Fire Commissioners are elected officials responsible for providing general direction in the areas of financial management, administration and policy adoption for the Fire Department. A Fire Commissioner's term is held for 6 years.

The board meets at 5PM on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of the month at the Headquarters Station: 17525 Aurora Ave North, Shoreline, WA  98133.

For the next meeting agenda and minutes to the last meeting, click the links below.

Agenda
Board Meeting Minutes
Public Notices

Jim Fisher
Term Expires - December 31st, 2013

Jim was elected to his first term as commissioner in November of 2001. Jim served for 27 years with the Shoreline Fire Department, retiring at the rank of Captain in September of 1999.

Jim was born in Seattle on February 14th, 1942 and resided in the Ballard area until 1972 when he and his family moved to the Shoreline area. He and his wife Patti have been married 35 years, have three children and two grandchildren, all of whom reside in or around Seattle.

Mr. Fisher graduated from Blanchet High School in Seattle in 1960. He served from 1960 to 1964 on active duty with the United States Marine Corps. From 1964 to 1970 he was employed in a small printing business working as a typesetter and pressman. Between 1970 and 1972 he worked for the Bethlehem Steel Corporation as a millwright. In 1972 he again chose public service by going to work for the Shoreline Fire Department. While working in the fire service, he attended North Seattle Community College and earned his AA degree in Fire Command and Administration. He worked his way up through the ranks starting out as a firefighter/EMT, then Inspector and finally retiring as the Fire Marshal for Shoreline. In 1997, he was awarded Employee of the Year by the Shoreline Fire Department.

Mr. Fisher is currently an active member of the National Fire Protection Association (International Fire Marshals Section) and maintains his current certification in the fire code. He is also a charter member of the Washington State Association of Fire Marshals.

Commissioner Fisher can be reached via email at: jfisher@shorelinefire.com.

Scott Keeny
Term Expires - December 31st, 2009

Scott was appointed to the Board in February 1995, elected to fill the un-expired term in 1996 and was re-elected to fill six-year terms in 1998 and 2003.

Scott Keeny has lived in Shoreline for 28 years. He is a retired certified Project Manager from AT&T and Lucent Technologies.

Commissioner Keeny serves on the City of Shoreline Emergency Management Council. He is President of the Shoreline-LFP Senior Center.  He has also served as president of the Richmond Beach Community Association and the Shoreline-LFP Arts Council. He is the assistant team leader for the Shoreline Auxiliary Communications Service group and is a licensed amateur radio operator, call sign KD7NAX. Scott’s interest in the fire service goes back several years when he was a volunteer member of a suburban fire department in Kansas City and a registered EMT.

Commissioner Keeny can be reached via email at: skeeny@shorelinefire.com

Jon Kennison
Term Expires - December 31st, 2011

Jon was appointed to the Board in September of 1986 to fill an unexpired term. He was re-elected to fulfill six-year terms for 1993, 1999 and 2005. Jon was raised in and attended school in the Shoreline community.

Jon Kennison's past community involvement includes being a youth soccer, basketball, and baseball coach. He also was co-founder of the "Shoreline Christmas Program".

Fire service community involvement includes past participation as Chairman of the Board, Shoreline Commissioner Representative to the King County Commissioners for 16 years, and appointment to the King County EMS Task Force by County Executive Gary Locke in 1995.

Commissioner Kennison can be reached via email at: jkennison@shorelinefire.com.