Amador County – The Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection announced this week the retiring of its unit chief and the installation of a new unit chief.

Lisa Williams Resource Secretary for CDF’s Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit, said Tuesday that Unit Chief Mike Noonan retired, effective in July. She said new Unit Chief Brian Kirk took over on Aug. 1 to head the Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit, based in San Andreas.

Williams said Kirk has more than 29 years in the fire service. He began his career in El Dorado County in 1982 as a volunteer firefighter at the Cameron Park Fire Department.

Kirk then worked as a Firefighter, Fire Apparatus Engineer, Captain Paramedic and Fire Marshal for Cameron Park when he started with Cal-Fire through a Cooperative Fire Protection Agreement. He has held Battalion Chief positions in the Camino Emergency Command Center and Amador County. Until this appointment, Kirk was the Assistant Chief for the Amador-El Dorado-Sacramento-Alpine Unit’s Southern Division in Amador County.

Williams said Kirk has held positions on several CDF Incident Command Teams, most recently as Incident Commander on Cal-Fire Team 4. He has also held the position of CDF Computer Aided Dispatch Project Manager where he earned the Directors Innovation Award.

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