With nearly 40 years of service behind him, Assistant Fire Chief Ed Plumlee will be retiring from South King Fire and Rescue at the end of the month.
The work he has done to make the greater Federal Way area as safe as possible will live on, however.
“I’ve loved it. It’s been a great career,” Plumlee said. “I wouldn’t have traded it for anything. Going from the fire world into the medic world and back into the fire world has really been a unique experience. It was fun.”
Plumlee joined South King Fire and Rescue, then known as the Federal Way Fire Department, in 2001 after serving King County Medic One for about 20 years. Having worked as the fire department’s emergency medical services instructor, he was already a “known commodity,” which positioned him well for the medical services officer role he assumed.