Alaska State Fire Marshal Richard Boothby announced his retirement from the Alaska Department of Public Safety today, in a press release.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Boothby has been the State Fire Marshal since January 2019; since the start of that career, Boothby has served as the state’s top firefighter overseeing the review of commercial building plans, the investigation of significant fires across the state, and the training and certification of thousands of firefighters across Alaska.
Boothby started his career in 1983 at the Summit South Hill Fire Department in Washington state. After relocating to Alaska, he joined the Wasilla Fire Department, became a plan reviewer in the State Fire Marshal’s Office in 2005, and In late 2006 transferred back to the Central Mat-Su Fire Department as a Fire Code Official and Battalion Chief, according to the release.
Boothby has a long and distinguished career in fire protection. Cockrell stated in a press release that Boothby has helped rebuild the State Fire Marshal’s Office after multiple years of reductions and has carried out his division’s mission of preventing the loss of life and property from fire and explosion.
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