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Congratulations on your retirement Assistant Fire Chief Blake Lawson!
On July 9, 2020, Assistant Fire Chief Blake Lawson retired after twenty-one years of service with the American Canyon Fire Protection District. Chief Lawson began his firefighting career with the City of Roseville as a Firefighter Aide in 1990. In 1992, he served the Chester Fire Protection District before becoming a Dept of Defense firefighter at Naval Air Station Fallon, Nevada, in 1995.
On July 6, 1999, Chief Lawson joined the American Canyon Fire Protection District (District) after being recruited by Fire Chief Caldwell (Ret). In 2004, he participated in the formation of the American Canyon Urban Search and Rescue (US&R) program, which received certification from the California Office of Emergency Services as a Type 1 (Heavy) Rescue Single Resource. He was also the co-coordinator of the US&R Team from 2004 - 2006. While Chief Lawson was a firefighter, he was responsible for coordinating the Districts weed abatement inspection program and fire hydrant maintenance for several years. As the Fire Explorer Post Coordinator, he also had a positive effect on our many young members' lives here in our community.
On June 14, 2008, Firefighter Lawson was promoted to Fire Captain. During this time, he was actively involved in an organization called the "Firefighters' Burn Institute," he became the Director of the "Firefighters' Kid Camp" from 2010 - 2015.
On August 13, 2013, Captain Lawson was again promoted, this time to Assistant Fire Chief. As the Assistant Fire Chief, he was assigned the responsibilities of the department's Operations and Training Divisions. Chief Lawson represented the District meritoriously by volunteering to serve as the Napa County/CAL OES Operational Area Fire and Rescue Coordinator, responsible for coordinating Napa County Operational Area fire resources participating in statewide fire mutual aid requests. In 2015, he achieved qualification to serve as a "Line Safety Officer" at incidents throughout California.
Please help us in thanking Assistant Fire Chief Blake Lawson for his many years of dedicated service to our community! Congratulations on your retirement!!
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Assistant Fire Chief Blake Lawson (Retired)
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