Six new firefighters joined Clallam County Fire District 3’s ranks this month.
They include: Firefighter/Emergency Medical Technician Tyler Campbell; FF/Paramedic Chris Darling; FF/EMT Jon Donahue; FF/EMT Paul Lang; FF/EMT Colton McGuffey, and FF/EMT Bo Pinnell.
Fire Chief Ben Andrews said all of the new hires are “excellent” firefighters chosen from a competitive field.
“With the list we had to choose from, it was hard to choose just the six from the strong candidate pool,” he said.
Clallam County Professional Firefighters IAFF Local 2933, Sequim’s firefighters’ union, reported that the six started an eight-week academy this month as a precursor to starting their new shifts.
Each of the new hires were born or raised on the Olympic Peninsula, and four of the six were volunteers with the fire department prior to their hiring, fire officials said.