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Chief Bill Whealan Retires from Benton County Fire District 4

February 8, 2021 marks the official retirement of Fire Chief Bill Whealan from Benton County Fire District 4. Chief Whealan’s fire service career spans almost four decades, the last nine years of which he served as Fire Chief for the agency that serves 20,000 people in the city of West Richland and its immediate unincorporated areas. Chief Whealan moved to Benton County in 2011 from Hemet, Calif. where he served as its Interim Fire Chief. In total, Chief Whealan has 25 years of his career in chief officer level positions in Nev., Calif., and Wash. He says that one of his greatest accomplishments during this time is not having any firefighter deaths or serious injuries under his watch. “That’s what this is about. Saving lives and property and bringing your people through each call safely,” said Chief Whealan. “There’s no greater accomplishment than that.” While at Benton 4, Chief Whealan increased the standards of medical evaluations for emergency personnel that were credited with s

Chief Available to Provide Emergency Services Update

Acting Chief Paul Carlyle welcomes invitations to speak (virtually) to local service organizations, community groups, and homeowner associations.  He can provide an overview of the Fire District, an update on emergency response in Benton County Fire District #4's service area, and share information about the fire levy lid lift request. Please direct meeting requests to pcarlyle@bcfd4.org or call the Station 420 at (509) 967-2945.