The search is on for a new Puget Sound Regional Fire Authority chief.
Annual pay for the position will be between $187,800 and $207,000, according to RFA documents. The RFA board hired Issaquah-based Prothman Company for $19,500 plus expenses to conduct a nationwide search. The application deadline is June 11.
“We wanted to let the market drive the salary,” said Bill Boyce, a RFA board member and president of the Kent City Council. “We want to be sure we attract the top candidates.”
The pay is similar to what Snohomish County Fire District 1 plans to pay a new chief, Boyce said. Puget Sound Fire serves about 181,000 people in the cities of Kent, SeaTac, Covington and portions of unincorporated King County.