I administer the district with a very small budget, I wear many hats from HR to Head Janitor I take my job very seriously and hope to build this little Fire District into one that my community can be proud of we have now cleaned up a lot of past debts and can now begin a positive future,

I have been in supervision for a little over 21 years I worked for Hormel Foods/ PFFJ as a lead manager supervising anywhere from 10 to 50 employee's at a time. Many special projects over the years. When I left I was Asst. Safety Director / Environmental Controls.My passion has always been in the Fire Service I started in 1993 working for a couple volunteer departments then putting Supervisory skills and my years in the Fire Service I accepted the Fire Chief position at White Mtn. Lake Fire District. The district was nearly 1 million in debt when I took it over, I have over the past 5 years repaired the district and this year we were able to put 150K in the bank as cash carry forward. I run my district as a business with the tax payer our first priority. We are a small community in Northern Arizona my district is 45 square miles we run out of 1 station and run around 300 calls per year. It has been a challenge to say the least to balance a working fire station with little to no operating budget most of our budget has gone to debt recovery. I live only a minute from the station so most times it feels like a 24/7 position more than your typical Fire Chief position. I love the little community we live in and would not trade it for anything. We have a lake only 1/2 mile from the house , Wildlife in our back yard Elk, Deer, Etc. I am very happy where I have landed in my career. I am currently attending College working on my Associates in Fire Science .

Management for as many as 10 to 50 employees . We raised and produced pork product for most of the country,

I worked as a Fire Captain under the direction of Fire Chief Clay Wood