Robert Low Retires
Posted August 14, 2017 at 5:49 am by Tim Dustrude
Fire District #3 Commissioner Robert Low retired from his position on Monday, August 9th, after 19 years of service on San Juan Island. Commissioner Low served as Fire Chief of the Town of Friday Harbor Fire Department from 1998 to 2006, as well as San Juan County Fire Marshal. Low moved to Quilcene, WA as fire Chief, and later to East Jefferson as Assistant Chief and Fire Marshal. Since moving back to Friday Harbor, he has served as Fire District #3 Commissioner.
Low states that his most memorable event occurred while chief of TOFH during the downtown grocery store fire in May of 2002, when the town and district started working together. “We realized we couldn’t do a large fire like that without the help of other departments, including Orcas and Lopez. When Chief Marler came on board, without the old rivalry of the 2 departments, we started the path to becoming a professional department.”
Commissioner Low is retiring before the end of his term, so the Board is accepting applications for an interim Commissioner.
SJC Fire District #3 is seeking someone to fill a vacancy on the 3-member board of Fire Commissioners, starting as early as September 2017. This person will fill the unexpired position # 2 vacated by Commissioner Robert Low.
The current Board Chair and Vice-Chair, John Jensen and Albert Olson, will interview applicants and appoint a new Commissioner at a special meeting scheduled for Wednesday August 30th at 3 pm at the fire department headquarters located at 1011 Mullis Street.
Anyone interested in applying for the position should submit a fire department application and a letter of interest to San Juan County Fire District #3, 1011 Mullis St., Friday Harbor, WA, 98250. Applications are available online at www.sjifire.org or at the Mullis Street Fire Station. The deadline for applications is at 5 pm Friday, August 25th.
San Juan County Fire District #3 serves San Juan Island, Brown and Pearl islands; with over 50 paid-call-firefighters, specialists and support volunteers supported by 7 full-time staff members.
For more information, please call the fire department at (360) 378-5334.
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