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Firefighters ask Arlington council to press North County RFA to honor prior agreement on next fire chief

2222091 · February 4, 2025
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North County professional firefighters urged the city to ask North County Fire Commissioners to confirm Dave Kraske as the next chief; several council members said they would raise the issue with the RFA board.

A union representative for North County professional firefighters asked the Arlington City Council to ask the North County Regional Fire Authority (RFA) board to honor an earlier agreement naming Dave Kraske as the next fire chief after Chief John Cermak’s retirement.

Kirk Norman, vice president of the North County Snohomish Professional Firefighters, said the merger talks in 2021 led the community, the Arlington Fire Department union and voters to expect Kraske would assume…

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