‘My honor and pleasure’
Grant County Fire District 7 Chief Kirk Sheppard will retire in mid-September. Sheppard has been with the department for nearly 30 years, most of which he has served as chief.
Rebecca Pettingill/Columbia Basin Herald
Grant County Fire District 7 Chief Kirk Sheppard carries a box of kittens away from a home fire in Soap Lake on May 15, 2012.
Grant County Fire District 7 Chief Kirk Sheppard smiles as he presents the “Where Was Your Head” award to Dan Burts in 2018.
Sheppard poses in front of an ambulance in 2021 when Grant County Fire District 7 was considering implementing an EMS program.
SOAP LAKE — Grant County Fire District 7 Chief Kirk Sheppard is set to retire on Sept. 16. Sheppard is hanging up his helmet after a total of 28 years in fire service, 24 of those as chief of GCFD7.
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