A new leader is taking the reins of the Pella Fire Department. Randy Bogaard was officially elected to a new term by his fellow firefighters and the Pella City Council. He has been the Assistant Chief for the past year and was previously Captain from 2010-2020, and has been with the Pella Fire Department since 1984. Bogaard says he aims to continue what is working well and is working to adjust to the new responsibilities.
“It definitely changes my outlook on things even more,” he says. “When I became captain, I told everybody then and there was a bit of a transition in this, that role changed from just worrying about me and myself and my job on the fire ground, to suddenly, everyone else.”