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New
CSFCA President and Vice-President Installed
At
the January 14, 2011 Board of Directors meeting,
outgoing President Chris Riley administered the oath
and installed the new CSFCA President and
Vice-President. Deputy Chief Steve Pischke of
Mountain View Fire Protection District was installed
as President and Chief Mike Morgan of the Rifle Fire
Protection District was installed as Vice-President.
Deputy Chief Pischke has been in the fire service
for 30 years. He began his career with the Littleton
Fire Department, where he served for 7+ years and
was then Fire Chief of the Silverthorne Fire
Protection District for 4 years. Steve spent his
next 10 years with West Adams County FPD/North Metro
Fire Rescue, 9 of which as Division Chief of Fire
Prevention, before moving on to Mountain View, where
he has been for nearly the past 9 years. Steve has
served the Association as the Vice-President for the
past two years and the Chairman of the Legislative
Committee.
Chief Morgan began his fire service career in 1986
as a volunteer firefighter for the Rifle Fire
Protection District. He was hired as Fire Marshal,
the first employee of the District, in 1991, and
served in this capacity until 1996, when he was
appointed the District’s first paid fire chief. The
first paid responders were hired in 1999 and the
District now consists of 22 full-time, 30 part-time,
and 20 volunteer personnel, serving an area of about
411 square miles with a population of approximately
21,000, out of three fire stations.
The President and Vice-President are the only
elected officers of the CSFCA and are elected to
serve a one-year term. The appointed officers of the
CSFCA are the Secretary and Treasurer, who are
nominated by the President and appointed by the
Board of Directors. Once appointed, the Secretary
and Treasurer serve at the pleasure of the Board of
Directors or until the end of the President-elect’s
term of office.
The remaining appointed members of the CSFCA Board
of Directors are the nine Regional Representatives
(Directors). Regional Representatives are nominated
by the President and appointed by the Board of
Directors. Once appointed, the Regional
Representatives serve at the pleasure of the Board
of Directors or until the end of the
President-elect’s term of office.
Posted 01-18-11 |
