{"id":5064,"date":"2011-02-22T15:04:11","date_gmt":"2011-02-22T23:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lewiscountysirens.com\/?p=5064"},"modified":"2011-02-23T10:57:52","modified_gmt":"2011-02-23T18:57:52","slug":"news-brief-district-6-fire-chief-steps-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/?p=5064","title":{"rendered":"News brief: District 6 fire chief steps down"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Sharyn\u00a0 L. Decker
\nLewis County Sirens news reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bud Goodwillie today said he resigned two weeks ago from the rural Chehalis fire district he became chief of three and a half years ago.<\/p>\n

Goodwillie offered no details on the reason for his departure.<\/p>\n

Lewis County Fire District 6 operates with one full time employee, the chief. He was paid $72,000 a year.<\/p>\n

The district has a volunteer assistant chief, 35 to 40 other volunteers and several part-time paramedics, firefighters and EMTs, according to Goodwillie.<\/p>\n

He said his understanding was longtime volunteer Steve Lux is acting as interim chief.<\/p>\n

“I wish the best for that fire department, it has good potential,” Goodwillie said this afternoon.<\/p>\n

Goodwillie, 55, left his position as a captain with Centralia’s Lewis County Fire District 12 to take the chief job in August 2007. He said he’s looking at “different areas to venture into.”<\/p>\n

District 6 is one of four local fire agencies exploring the idea of creating a “super” fire department along the I-5 corridor in the northern half of Lewis County.<\/p>\n

Calls to two of the district’s three fire commissioners to ask about the change weren’t immediately returned today.<\/p>\n

Update Wednesday Feb. 23, 2011 at 8:30 a.m.: Greg Pulver, chair of the board of fire commissioners, sent a news release about 9:30 p.m. Tuesday night saying Goodwillie resigned and Lux will serve as interim chief while the district seeks a replacement.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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