Bakersfield Fire Chief Doug Greener will retire on June 30, 2018 after nearly 30 years of serving with BFD, according to a release from the department.
Greener announced his retirement date internally to staff members in October, 2017 and to general members of the fire department, the city manager and city council in January, 2018.
Greener is part of a four-generation family of firefighters and spent nearly 37 years in total in the fire service. He served as chief after being appointed in 2010; during his time, the department received an upgrade to Insurance Services Office rated Class 2 Fire Department, placing BFD within the top 1.5% of all fire departments nationwide, according to the release.