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The
Lacey Fire District 3 operates under the legislative authority of three fire
commissioners, each elected to six-year overlapping terms. The Board of Fire
Commissioners is responsible for establishing key policy, setting levies,
developing and adopting the annual budget, reviewing and approving contracts,
and appointing a fire chief.
The
Board meets the first and third Thursdays of each month at 5:30 p.m. at Station
31. The meetings are open to the public. Changes to the meeting schedule and
Meeting Agenda will be posted at Headquarters Station. Meeting Minutes will be
made available by request to 491-2410.
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 Skip Houser served on the Thurston County Fire District 3 Civil
Service Board prior to his election as a commissioner in 1985.
Skip is a graduate of Western
Washington University, and has a law degree from the University of Puget Sound
and a Masters in Public Administration from The Evergreen State College. He is
currently in private practice in Olympia as a principal with the firm of Valz,
Houser, Kovut & Barnes P.S.
In
addition to his service on the Board of Fire Commissioners, Skip has served as
an administrator with the Washington State Criminal Justice Training
Commission, the Department of Corrections and the Governor's Office of
Financial Management, and was the deputy director of the Department of Trade
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 Gene Dobry was elected to the Board of Fire Commissioners in November
2009.
Gene is a former military
officer (Lt. Colonel) from the US Air Force. He retired from active duty in
2003 after completing a total of 31 years of military service. Gene is a
graduate of The Pennsylvania State University and has a Masters Degree in Soil
Science and Biometeorology from Utah State University. He is currently employed
with USDA Rural Development as a Community Programs loan specialist.
Gene is a transplant resident to
the State of Washington, moving to the area as a result of a military transfer
to Ft. Lewis in 1998. After retiring from the Air Force, he decided to make the
Lacey community his permanent home. Gene is active at the Grace Community
Covenant Church, the Hawks Prairie Rotary, the Military Officers Association of
America (Olympia chapter) and also participates in the Adopt-A-Roadway clean-up
program. He has been married to his high school sweetheart, Rachel, for over 36
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 John Christiansen was first elected
to the Board of Fire Commissioners in November 2007.
John retired from the Department of Defense in 2003
after a total of 28 years of combined federal service. His last duty assignment
was as the assistant manager of the Fort Lewis Golf Course.
John proudly served as a combat
medic with the 1st Infantry Division and served in Vietnam in 1967-68. He is a
Tet Offensive Survivor and a life member of the VFW and The Society of the Big
Red One.
John comes from a
firefighter family. His father and two uncles were career Seattle firefighters,
and his son Alex is a Lacey Fire District lieutenant.
John has been a lifelong volunteer in youth sports, sports
officiating, scouting and fund raising. He has supported LFD programs, Fire
& Ice Basketball Game, the Community Service Committee, Fill the Boot and
Adopt-A-Family. John has been married for
36 years to Marion, a retired army nurse. His daughter Amy has been a volunteer
for the LFD and now lives with her husband in Germantown, Maryland. She is a
Web news editor for National Public Radio.
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