{"id":3508,"date":"2022-06-03T09:53:35","date_gmt":"2022-06-03T16:53:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.piercecountywa.gov\/executive\/?p=3508"},"modified":"2023-06-26T13:26:50","modified_gmt":"2023-06-26T20:26:50","slug":"on-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.piercecountywa.gov\/executive\/2022\/06\/03\/on-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"On fire"},"content":{"rendered":"

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One of the best parts of my job as County Executive is getting out and about to learn more about what you do in service to our residents. I\u2019ve watched you and your colleagues chip-seal our roads, make Sound Gro, conduct autopsies, open new parks, operate ferries, repair vehicles, arrest bad guys and much more.<\/p>\n

Last month, I had an opportunity to spend time with another co-worker doing especially fascinating and critically important work on behalf of our residents.<\/p>\n

Cole Roberts is the County\u2019s Deputy Fire Marshal, and his work takes him all over the region investigating and determining the causes of fires. It is highly technical work and draws upon his extensive training and years of experience.<\/p>\n

As we approached the scene of a recent fire, I was amazed that anyone could make sense of the devastation – let alone determine a cause of the blaze. Even with my technical background, as I looked at the charred trailer up close, I was at a loss as to where to even start asking questions of Cole.\u00a0 And, to know that a person died in the fire was especially troubling.<\/p>\n

As Cole mentions in the video below, he investigates roughly 200 fires a year \u2013 or every 35 hours or so.\u00a0 That\u2019s remarkable!<\/p>\n