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.
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Public Notices
Ken Callahan
Term Expires - December 31, 2013
Ken
was appointed to his first term as Fire
Commissioner on March 4, 2010. Ken and his
wife, Judy, have been Shoreline residents for 44
years. His two sons graduated from Shorewood
High School. Prior to his retirement five years
ago, Ken was employed with Stelte Dental
Systems.
Ken has been active in the
Shoreline community over the years. He
volunteered at Shorewood High School chaperoning
the school band in addition to working the
sidelines at Shoreline stadium during football
season. He was instrumental in forming the
Richmond Youth Basketball Association and
coached youth for nine years.
Ken is
currently a member of the Richmond-Haller Lake
Masonic Lodge. He also serves on the Board of
Trustees for the Children Identification Program
(CHIPS) which oversees the identification of
children throughout the state.
Commissioner
Callahan can be reached via email at:
kcallahan@shorelinefire.com.
Jim Fisher
Term Expires - December 31, 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.
David Harris
Term Expires - December 31, 2011
David
Harris is a lifelong Shoreline resident. In
1980, David joined the Shoreline Fire Department
as a part-paid Firefighter and was trained in
fire suppression tactics, emergency vehicle
operations, salvage, rescue, and incident
command. David retired with 27 years’ service
as a volunteer Reserve Firefighter.
Commissioner Harris’
community involvement includes two, four-year
terms on the Shoreline Planning Commission – two
years as Vice Chair and two years as Chair. In
his roles, he presided over public hearings,
participated in long-range strategic planning
and ensured all viewpoints were heard.
David has been a
residential home builder for thirty years. He
and his wife, Gayle, have two daughters. Travel
and motorcycles are among David’s many
interests.
Commissioner
Harris is looking forward to continuing his
service to the community through his role on the
Shoreline Fire Department’s Board of
Commissioners.
Commissioner
Harris can be reached via email at:
dharris@shorelinefire.com.
Rod Heivilin
Term Expires - December 31, 2015
Rod was elected to his first team as Fire
Commissioner in November, 2009. Rod's 30-year
fire service career began as a volunteer with
the Shoreline Fire Department in 1972. In 1978
he was appointed to full time firefighter,
retiring 2002 as a Lieutenant.
Rod worked for Boeing before opening his own
insurance business in 1967. Community service
has always been a big part of his life. He was a
Scoutmaster in the Richmond Beach area of Troop
325 for several years. He was one of the
co-founders of the Shoreline Christmas Program.
For more than 25 years, Rod spent his Christmas
mornings as Santa on the back of a fire engine
handing out candy to the children in Richmond
Beach. He continues to work with firefighters
during the annual Easter egg hunts. In 1987
Rod was asked to start the Washington State
Council of Fire Fighters Burn Foundation and
continues to run that organization today. He is
a member of the Seattle SeaChordsmen Barbershop
Chorus and the What’s Cookin Quartet.
Rod Heivilin and his wife Donna are both
native Washingtonians and have resided in
Shoreline since 1967. They have two children
and four grandchildren.
Commissioner Heivilin can be reached via
email at:
rheivilin@shorelinefire.com.
Jon Kennison
Term Expires - December 31, 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.
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