In a brief ceremony during Wednesday night’s City Council meeting Clerk Gwenna MacDonald made it official, swearing in long-time Susanville firefighter James Moore as the city’s 15th Fire Chief, filling a vacancy left when Chief Ted Friedline retired in January.
After taking the oath Moore’s wife Charity pinned the new Chief who said in a short emotional speech that he was humbled by the responsibility and the trust placed on him by the City Council and residents of Susanville.
Moore’s journey to the top spot at the fire department began 28 years ago when he joined the department’s explorer post and rose through the ranks as a volunteer firefighter, a code enforcement specialist and most recently as Battalion Chief and Fire Marshal.
