Pete Brummel, a 28-year fire service veteran, has been named assistant chief for East Jefferson Fire-Rescue.
Brummel replaces Deputy Chief of Training and Operations Ted Krysinski, who is retiring in a few months. Krysinski will continue with the department for another year, working on such legacy projects as the training tower that he will see through to completion.
Brummel has a long history of service with Eastside Fire & Rescue in Issaquah, from firefighter to management positions, and was most recently leading its training division.
“I have experience at the firefighting level, as acting battalion chief, and in supervisory positions with crew management,” said Brummel. “I have expertise in technical rescue, and hazardous materials and response. Bringing that into this region, there’s certainly a lot of opportunities and need for that and mitigation."