Tuolumne County is bidding farewell to an influential local fire leader.
The board of supervisors this week gave a Certificate of Appreciation to Andrew Murphy for his decades of work in the fire service, including the most recent four in Tuolumne County, serving as the Assistant Chief of the Tuolumne County Fire Department, along with same role with the Groveland Community Services District Fire Department and CAL Fire Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit.
Of recent note, Chief Murphy served as the Incident Commander on the Washington Fire that threatened downtown Sonora last August. He was also the Planning Section Chief on the Moc Fire that evacuated Groveland in 2020 and the Butte Fire that went through Calaveras County in 2015.