Scott Williams has been appointed acting Fire Chief, with Chad Kimple acting as Assistant Fire Chief.

At a regular meeting of the Orcas Fire and Rescue Board of Commissioners on April 18, commissioners Jim Coffin and Wesley Heinmiller appointed Williams and Kimple as acting Fire Chief and Assistant Fire Chief. Commissioner Barbara Bedell was off island, therefore was not in attendance at the meeting.

Williams will serve as acting Fire Chief until a permanent Fire Chief is hired. The process to find a new Fire Chief may take a few months if the commissioners choose to have OIFR conduct the search itself. Should the commissioners choose to hire a recruiting agency to find a new chief, the process would be much quicker. The board has not decided which option they will be pursuing at this time.