East Jefferson Fire Rescue has hired Pete Brummel, a 28-year veteran of the fire service as a new assistant chief.
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East Jefferson Fire Rescue has hired Pete Brummel, a 28-year veteran of the fire service as a new assistant chief.
Brummel was most recently working in the training division for Eastside Fire & Rescue in Issaquah. He will take over training operations for EJFR.
“Deputy Chief Krysinski planned his retirement for 2020, so this is kind of legacy planning,” EJFR administrative assistant Emily Stewart said. “Chief Brummel will eventually take his place.”
Brummel began his career in 1990 as a volunteer firefighter with the City of Issaquah Fire Department and eventually was hired full-time in 1996.
“I have completed my first week, and I can say that it has been a wonderful transition from working at my previous workplace,” Brummel said. “I really enjoy the pace of life and work over here, living and working in the community, not to mention the commute to work.”
Originally from Connecticut, Brummel attended Syracuse University, where he received a degree in advertising in 1987. He worked in New York City for several years.
Brummel was promoted to lieutenant in 2003. He worked at several engine companies in Issaquah, Sammamish and North Bend and was promoted to captain in 2009. From there, he served as an acting battalion chief and ladder truck captain until he transferred into the training division in 2017.
Brummel’s interest in regional training and operations allowed him to serve on technical rescue teams with a special knowledge of structural collapse rescue. In addition to technical rescue, Brummel served as the regional hazardous materials team coordinator for nine municipal fire agencies in the east King County area.
“My goal with EJFR is to build on the outstanding capabilities that this agency has to offer our citizens, excellent service delivery of fire protection and prevention, emergency medical services and public education,” Brummel said. “The demand for service, or call volume, dictates the need to develop additional training programs that will help our personnel respond more efficiently and strengthen the skills that they already have.”
Brummel said he plans to work with Krysinski on short-term and long-term projects such as fireground communications, strategies and tactics, as well as regional training programs with neighboring fire agencies.
Brummel is married to Carolyn, a pediatric nurse, and they have lived on a small hobby farm on West Valley Road since 2008. Their daughter Amelia lives in Tacoma and is pursuing law school, and their son Owen attends Pacific Lutheran University. Leo, a 1-year-old Goldendoodle, is the newest member of the family and has been trained as a certified therapy dog in the Read to Rover program in the Port Townsend and Chimacum school districts.
