James Baisden Email & Phone Number

99669, Soldotna, Alaska, United States

Assembly Member, Kenai Peninsula Borough, District 1 - KalifornskyElected term (2024-2027)

United States

Kenai, Alaska, United States

Kenai, Alaska, United States

Kenai, Alaska, United States

Soldotna, Alaska

Retired on June 1st, 2021 after serving 3 years as the Kenai Peninsula Borough Chief of Staff.

Alaska

Alaska

Manage the day-to-day operations of a 50 member emergency force that provides fire and EMS service to a fire service area for 5,550 citizens and an area of 6,000 square miles.

The purpose of the WFCA is to serve as a representative of choice of (and for) career and volunteer leaders of fire related emergency service organizations throughout the WFCA member States and the Western Pacific Islands. The WFCA helps develop, and supports the work of, those leaders and organizations in order that they may best provide for the protection of people and the environment from the occurrence and outcomes of fires and other natural, technological and human-behavior-caused emergencies.

Kenai, Alaska

Past President 2015 - 2017

Command and supervise a 16 member department that provides EMS, fire protection, and prevention to a community of 7,000 citizens.Direct a response force with an emergency call volume of 1,300 calls annually.Supervise and direct all fire suppression, training, and rescue activities.

Coordinate all fire prevention and investigation programs within the City of Kenai.Perform fire and life safety inspections, review-building plans for fire code compliance, andconduct fire investigations.Supervise and direct fire suppression and rescue activities.

Conduct statewide fire investigations for origin and cause determination.Perform fire & life safety inspections, & manage fire safety programs throughout Alaska.Provide architectural plan reviews for building and fire code compliance.

Direct the day-to-day operations of the rescue and fire fighting crews.Manage the day-to day operations for the fire prevention and fire inspection office.

Inspect facilities for fire code violations and provide guidance.Provide fire prevention and suppression training.

Plan, schedule and supervise fire protection activities.Direct vehicle response and establish control of the fire scene.

Operated the base fire prevention section, and supervised the extinguisher maintenance shop.

Directed and supervised firefighters and vehicles in emergency situations.Supervised firefighters involved in fire, EMS and rescue emergencies.

Operated fire/rescue vehicles in emergency situations. Controlled and extinguished fires.

Logan County, West Virginia, United States

First real job, started working at Sears the day after graduating high school. 30 hours a week. This was a catalog store in my small home town of WV.