Chris Costamagna sworn in as Sacramento’s new fire chief
The city of Sacramento’s new fire chief has officially been sworn in. Chief Chris Costamagna was sworn in on Friday night at a ceremony on Friday. “Congratulations to our new Sacramento City Fire Chief! My long-time friend Chief Chris Costamagna! Excited to have such a great partner in Public Safety!” Sacramento Police Department’s Chief Kathy Lester said in a post on Twitter.Costamagna will oversee 700 employees and a $173 million budget in his new role as chief.He was recently co-chair of the department’s workforce equity team.| ReadMore | Chris Costamagna becomes Sacramento Fire Department chief, says he’s ‘incredibly proud and grateful’Costamagna has been with the Sacramento Fire Department for 27 years. He joined the department on Sept. 11, 1995, and has also served as assistant chief of special operations, operations shift commander, battalion chief, in-service training captain and drill instructor for the department’s training academy. He also has experience overseeing FEMA Urban Search and Rescue California Task Force 7 and helped develop a state urban search and rescue training group.”I’ve been here for 27 years, I have a good deal of experience with the city and I know the city of Sacramento,” Costamagna told KCRA 3’s Andrea Flores in September. “I want to get out to the community groups and see what they want to see from their fire department because this is their fire department. All 700 of us are here to represent the city and getting involved in those community groups and out there with our citizens.”| VIDEO BELOW | Chris Costamagna talks to KCRA 3 about his priorities for the departmentThe previous fire chief, Gary Loesch, was fired in May by the city manager.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. —
The city of Sacramento’s new fire chief has officially been sworn in.
Chief Chris Costamagna was sworn in on Friday night at a ceremony on Friday.
“Congratulations to our new Sacramento City Fire Chief! My long-time friend Chief Chris Costamagna! Excited to have such a great partner in Public Safety!” Sacramento Police Department’s Chief Kathy Lester said in a post on Twitter.
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Costamagna will oversee 700 employees and a $173 million budget in his new role as chief.
He was recently co-chair of the department’s workforce equity team.
This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.
| ReadMore | Chris Costamagna becomes Sacramento Fire Department chief, says he’s ‘incredibly proud and grateful’
Costamagna has been with the Sacramento Fire Department for 27 years.
He joined the department on Sept. 11, 1995, and has also served as assistant chief of special operations, operations shift commander, battalion chief, in-service training captain and drill instructor for the department’s training academy. He also has experience overseeing FEMA Urban Search and Rescue California Task Force 7 and helped develop a state urban search and rescue training group.
“I’ve been here for 27 years, I have a good deal of experience with the city and I know the city of Sacramento,” Costamagna told KCRA 3’s Andrea Flores in September. “I want to get out to the community groups and see what they want to see from their fire department because this is their fire department. All 700 of us are here to represent the city and getting involved in those community groups and out there with our citizens.”
| VIDEO BELOW | Chris Costamagna talks to KCRA 3 about his priorities for the department
The previous fire chief, Gary Loesch, was fired in May by the city manager.