The City of Chehalis selected Ted Hendershot, former assistant fire chief with McLane/Black Lake Fire Department in Thurston County, to serve as the interim fire chief of the Chehalis Fire Department.
The city is searching for a permanent replacement after the departure of Fire Chief Ken Cardinale.
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. Hendershot has 42 years of experience in the fire service — 18 of those as a volunteer, 5 with the Littlerock Fire Department, and 22 years with McLane/Black Lake Fire Department in Thurston County.