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City of Indian Wells issued the following announcement on Nov. 6.

Bill Weiser was appointed on August 4, 2020 as the Fire Chief for the CAL FIRE Riverside Unit and the Riverside County Fire Department. The Riverside County Board of Supervisors selected and approved of Chief Weiser for the County Fire Chief's position and assisted CAL FIRE in selecting the Chief.

Chief Weiser oversees 94 fire stations, three camps, and one air attack base. Chief Weiser understands the complexities of Riverside County and is prepared to meet the challenges of providing emergency services to the citizens we protect.

Chief Weiser began his career with CAL FIRE in 1981 as a Firefighter I in the Fresno/Kings Unit (FKU). In 1985, Chief Weiser accepted a Limited Term Fire Apparatus Engineer (FAE) position in the Tulare Unit (TUU), working in the Fountain Springs Battalion, within the Tulare County Cooperative Agreement. In January 1986, Chief Weiser accepted a permanent FAE position in the Riverside Unit (RRU) working within the Cooperative Agreement in Moreno Valley. He promoted to Fire Captain in 1990 in RRU, working the State mission in Temecula and then as a Training Captain at the Ben Clark Training Center. In 2009, Chief Weiser promoted to Battalion Chief in RRU. He was assigned as the Pre-Fire Battalion Chief and then in 2011 Chief transferred to the Perris Battalion. In 2015, Chief promoted to Division Chief, Bautista Division (D6) in RRU, where he oversaw operations for Bautista Camp, Hemet Ryan Air Base, the San Jacinto and Mountain Battalions and the Hazardous Materials Emergency Response program.

Chief Weiser has been involved with several cadres including Basic (C-215) and Intermediate Firing (C-234), Basic and Intermediate Incident Management as well as Intermediate Fire Behavior (S-290), Fire Behavior Calculations (S-390) and Advanced Fire Behavior (S-490). In 2009, Chief was assigned with MIT-Lincoln Labs to work on the command platform for the future, currently known as SCOUT. Chief Weiser was acknowledged as a contributor to the 2014 manual, Wildland Urban Interface Operating Principles. In 2017, Chief was the team leader for RRU to incorporate the Unit Fire Danger Operation Plan (FDOP). Chief Weiser is a team leader involved with other public cooperators, leading the development of local emergency evacuation plans for Riverside County. Chief Weiser has served for 16 years on Incident Management Teams (IMT) beginning in 2004 on IMT 7 as a Fire Behavior Specialist. While on IMT 7, Chief Weiser advanced positions to Operations Section Chief when the state re-aligned teams in 2013 and he was assigned to IMT 4 as the Operations Section Chief.

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