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Meet Your Firefighters

December 19, 2018 By Editor

The Ben Lomond Fire Department is made up of a variety of volunteers who live and work among you each and every day. Here’s a brief introduction to the group of people who make up your local fire department.


Fire Chief

Stacie Brownlee

Hometown: Ben Lomond

Joined in: 1984

Fire Chief since: 2010

 

 


Assistant Fire Chief

Mike Ayers

Hometown: Watsonville

Joined in: 1987

 

 

 


Captains

Mark Brown

Hometown: Ben Lomond

Joined in: 1991

Scott Bingham

Hometown: Ben Lomond

Joined in: 2002

Matt Sanders

Hometown: Ben Lomond

Joined in: 2002

Steve Ruff

Hometown: Philadelphia, PA

Joined in: 2006

Nick Burgess

Hometown: Ben Lomond

Joined in: 2018

Audrey Dawson

Hometown: Ben Lomond

Joined in: 2025

 

 

 


Firefighters

Shane Hill
Joined: 2006

Rick Alves
Joined in: 2015

JT Matsuoka
Joined in: 2018

Nicholas Adam
Joined in: 2020

Garrett Fisher
Joined in: 2021

Sam Schubert
Joined in: 2022

Owen Garrahan
Joined in: 2024

Elias Steiger
Joined in: 2024

Joe Wyrsch
Joined in: 2025

Taylor Bush
Joined in: 2025
Haakon Langmo
Joined: 2010

Casey Cunningham
Joined in: 2018

Tyler Dawson
Joined in: 2018

Trent Walker
Joined in: 2020

Al Marks
Joined in: 2021

Kevin Giannini
Joined in: 2022

Jacob Auldridge
Joined in: 2024

Jordan Velasco
Joined in: 2024

Jasen Chen-Bromley
Joined in: 2025

Asher Schwarzbach
Joined in: 2025
Brian Jansen
Joined in: 2010

Dylan Arndt
Joined in: 2018

Sam Capwell
Joined in: 2018

Mike Aluffi
Joined in: 2020

Jesse Laverne
Joined in: 2021

Connor Scarborough
Joined in: 2023

Jon Sheets
Joined in: 2024

Jake Susinetti
Joined in: 2025

Alex Manning-Hodson
Joined in: 2025

Julian Auldridge
Joined in: 2025

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Ben Lomond Fire Protection District
9430 Highway 9
Ben Lomond CA 95005
Phone: (831) 336-5495
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