Ken Cardinale, who has been serving as both the Chehalis Fire Department Fire Chief and Lewis County Fire District 6 Interim Chief, has accepted a full-time fire chief position with LCFD6 and will be leaving the Chehalis Fire Department.
Cardinale’s transition from LCFD6 Interim Chief to full-time fire chief will go into effect on Sept. 1, 2020, however, he may be able to assume that role sooner as Chehalis explores the option of bringing in an interim chief after the fire chief sharing agreement between Chehalis Fire Department and LCFD6 ends on July 1.
“We were assuming that district 6 would want to extend that agreement out until September. At this point though, since district 6 has asked us to vacate the station we are looking at the possibility of bringing in an interim chief for the City of Chehalis which would allow Cardinale to assume his new role sooner,” said Chehalis City Manager Jill Anderson.