Fire Chief Lonnie Rash took over the top position at Spokane County Fire District 8 south of Spokane and Spokane Valley with little fanfare last month after longtime Fire Chief Tony Nielsen retired.
Nielsen was content to leave without a public sendoff, but those who drive by the district’s headquarters inside Station 82 in Valleyford will notice a tribute to Nielsen – a blue street sign marking the driveway that reads “Nielsen Way.”
The district’s board of fire commissioners wanted to do something to honor Nielsen that was meaningful, Rash said. It is a street sign, but it also refers to Nielsen’s way, which was to create a mindset
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