Board of Fire Commissioners
Your elected Board of Fire Commissioners oversees the fiscal management and planning of Graham Fire & Rescue. The Board of Fire Commissioners is comprised of three community residents who are elected by majority vote of the public. Each commissioner is elected to serve a term of six years.
The current Board of Fire Commissioners is:
Gerald W. Gustafson
Board ChairmanAgribusiness; Boeing Machinist; Chair - Washington State Fryer Commission; President Washington
Poultry Exposition; Elected - Pierce County Charter Review Commission; American Farm Bureau; Graduate Bethel High
School; 12 years Fire Commissioner.
Robert E. Skaggs
CommissionerPierce County Deputy Fire Marshall; Fire Commissioner 17 years; AA in Criminal Justice;
Graduate of FBI, ATF and National Fire Academies; Recently retired from 254th Red Horse Flight, Armed Services.
Verne M. Pierson
CommissionerRetired teacher, Bethel Schools, 31 years;
Retired Colonel Army/National Guard, 33 years; Science Department Head; Major Unit Commander; State
Director Selective Service appointed by the President, 9 years; Fire Commissioner; BS in Biology, PLU 1965;
Masters Counseling, St. Martins, 1988.
Fire Chief
Reggie R. RominesFire Chief Reggie Romines was raised in
Eureka, California. He graduated from high school in North Bend,
Oregon in 1973, and became a resident/volunteer firefighter with the
Coos Bay Fire Department where he remained until he graduated from
Southwestern Community College with degrees in General Studies and
Fire Science.
In 1976, Chief Romines was hired by the
United States Forest Service as a wild-land firefighter. In 1977, he
was hired as a career firefighter at Coos Bay where he promoted
through the ranks to Deputy Chief of Operations. In 1994, Chief
Romines was hired by Graham Fire & Rescue as an Assistant Chief, and
in 1999, promoted to the position of Fire Chief. That same year
Chief Romines completed the Executive Fire Officer Program at the
National Fire Academy in Emmitsburg, Maryland. On July 8, 2009, he
was awarded the professional designation of Chief Fire Officer (CFO)
by a team of his peers and members of the Commission on Professional
Credentialing. Chief Romines joins an elite group of just 660 CFO's
worldwide. On November 7th, 2011, Chief Romines was approved by the Application
Assessment Panel to be awarded the grade of Member of the Institution of
Fire Engineers (MIFireE).
Chief Romines is active in the Graham Business
Association, is a member of the International Association of Fire
Chiefs, Society of Executive Fire Officers, Lipoma Firs Men's Golf
Club and is a past President of the Pierce County Fire Chief's
Association. He is married, has three children and enjoys golfing,
hunting and outings with family and friends in his free time.
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