Park City Fire District » Firefighters http://www.pcfd.org Emergency services and strategic prevention programs for the communities in Park City, Utah Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:05:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Chief Heumann Retires http://www.pcfd.org/2012/01/chief-heumann-retires/ http://www.pcfd.org/2012/01/chief-heumann-retires/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:03:25 +0000 Bryan Hoffman http://www.pcfd.org/?p=921 After nearly 28 years of service to the Park City Fire Service District, Assistant Chief Frank Heumann will be retiring on Tuesday, January 31, 2012. Chief Heumann came to Park City in the early 1980’s when he accepted the position of Summit County Fire Warden. He joined the Park City Fire District in June 1984 as a part-time firefighter and began working full-time on November 30, 1984. Throughout his career, Chief Heumann has held the positions of Firefighter/EMT, Lieutenant, District Captain, Assistant Fire Chief over Operations, and Assistant Fire Chief over Administrative Services.

During his tenure with the District, Chief Heumann has been involved in many professional associations, including: The Joint Council of Fire Service Organization, Chair since 2004; Utah State Fire Chiefs Association, Secretary/Treasurer since 2006; Utah Fire Caucus Planning Committee member; Utah’s Region 2 Homeland Security Committee, Secretary 2002 to 2010; Western Fire Chiefs Association, Utah Vice-President 2003 to 2006; Greater Salt Lake Chief Fire Officer’s Association, Chair in 2005. He also earned his National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer certification in 2005.

Chief Heumann aided the District through many changes; from a primarily part-time fire department to a full-time, professional fire district. His hard work and dedication helped in the acquisition, state licensing, and administration of the Park City Ambulance Service. He has researched, developed, and implemented many programs that the District uses today.

Chief Heumann’s positive attitude, great sense of humor, infectious laughter, and ability to produce a stunning and “appetizing” pie chart will be greatly missed by those who work with him on a daily basis. However, we won’t miss the stinky raw milk Kefir, Kombucha, Schinken, Schmalz, and Leberwurst he began eating after becoming a Weston A. Price disciple. We wish him luck in his future endeavors!

Happy golfing Frank!

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