{"id":89835,"date":"2020-09-28T21:56:20","date_gmt":"2020-09-29T01:56:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntsville.dopperonline.ca\/?p=89835"},"modified":"2020-09-29T06:51:38","modified_gmt":"2020-09-29T10:51:38","slug":"huntsville-council-welcomes-new-fire-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/huntsville-council-welcomes-new-fire-chief\/","title":{"rendered":"Huntsville Council welcomes new fire chief"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Town of Huntsville and Township of Lake of Bays have a new fire chief.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 14px;\"><strong><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45658\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/div>\n<p>Steve Hernen, who has been at the helm of the Huntsville\/Lake of Bays Fire Department for the past 23 years, introduced Rob Collins as this area&#8217;s new fire chief at Huntsville Council&#8217;s September 28 meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Collins is moving to Huntsville from The Blue Mountains area and before that he lived in Port Hope, according to Hernen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m quite familiar with Rob because when we did some restructuring at the fire hall a few years ago and we picked Rob\u2019s brains and we followed some of what they\u2019d done in Blue Mountain, so Rob is quite familiar with our operation&#8230; And Rob shares a lot of the same beliefs that I share when it comes to fire prevention and fire response,\u201d said Hernen, referring to the merits of a good residential sprinkler system, the value of the volunteer fire service, and what it means to the community.<\/p>\n<p>Hernen will help Collins through the transition and continue in his position as the municipality\u2019s director of operations and protective services.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Don\u2019t miss out on Doppler!<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/dont-miss-out-on-doppler\/\"><u>here<\/u><\/a> to receive our email digest with links to our most recent stories.<br \/>\nLocal news in your inbox three times per week!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Town of Huntsville and Township of Lake of Bays have a new fire chief. 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