{"id":25602,"date":"2024-09-11T08:47:44","date_gmt":"2024-09-11T15:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/?p=25602"},"modified":"2024-09-17T14:22:41","modified_gmt":"2024-09-17T21:22:41","slug":"redwood-city-fire-chief-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/redwood-city-fire-chief-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Redwood City is searching for its next Fire Chief"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_25603\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25603\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-25603 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/bomberos-rwc.jpeg\" alt=\"Redwood City Fire Chief Searched\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/bomberos-rwc.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/bomberos-rwc-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/bomberos-rwc-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/bomberos-rwc-16x12.jpeg 16w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/bomberos-rwc-150x113.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/bomberos-rwc-696x522.jpeg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25603\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Following the retirement of Redwood City Fire Chief Ray Iverson, the city is currently searching for his successor. Credit: Redwood City Fire Department<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>[We are on WhatsApp.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaKsQjT5K3zOISbFea2Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Start following us now<\/a>]<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Listen to this note:<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-25602-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Viviana-5191260.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Viviana-5191260.mp3\">https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Viviana-5191260.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After a distinguished 33-year career in the fire service profession, Redwood City Fire Chief Ray Iverson announced his retirement on August 8, prompting the city to search for his successor, who is expected to begin his duties in December of this year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The city will begin an open hiring process this fall with the intent of naming a new fire chief before Iverson retires, and has hired Teri Black and Company, a leading public sector executive recruiting firm, to conduct the search.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, not everything will be left to the decision of this firm, as the city council wants to listen to the community and learn from its residents about the experience and necessary characteristics that the next fire chief must have.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As part of the selection process, City Manager Melissa Stevenson Diaz is seeking community input on the experience and characteristics needed in the next fire chief.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Community members can provide information in a variety of ways.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Through a community survey, which is available <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/communityfeedback.opengov.com\/portals\/redwoodcity\/Issue_14007\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">online<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or in paper form by visiting any of the City&#039;s facilities, including the Downtown Library (1044 Middlefield Road), the Schaberg Branch Library (2140 Euclid Avenue), and the Redwood Shores Branch Library (399 Marine Parkway).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As well as the Veterans Memorial Senior Center (1455 Madison Avenue), the Community Activities Building (1400 Roosevelt Avenue) and the Fair Oaks Community Center (2600 Middlefield Road). The survey is available in English and Spanish.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Interested parties can also provide feedback at the City Hall booth during Fiestas Patrias on September 15 at 3:00 p.m. at Courthouse Square (2200 Broadway Street, Redwood City).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another option is to send an email to <\/span><a href=\"mailto:FireChiefRecruitment@RedwoodCity.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FireChiefRecruitment@RedwoodCity.org<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>You may be interested in:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/employers-who-scam\/\">San Mateo County Goes After Employers Who Defraud Their Workers<\/a><\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Estamos en WhatsApp.\u00a0Empieza a seguirnos ahora] Escucha esta nota: &nbsp; Despu\u00e9s de una distinguida carrera de 33 a\u00f1os en la profesi\u00f3n de servicio de bomberos, Ray Iverson, Jefe de Bomberos de la Ciudad de Redwood City, anunci\u00f3 su retiro el pasado 8 de agosto, por lo que la ciudad ya se encuentra en la b\u00fasqueda [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":25603,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-25602","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-community"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25602"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25602\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25710,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25602\/revisions\/25710"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}