Waterloo’s fire chief will step down at the end of the year.
Pat Treloar announced he plans to retire after 25 years with Waterloo Fire Rescue. He has been the department’s chief for more than decade.
“I think the department is in a good spot because of the command staff and all of our members that are working together for the citizens,” Treloar, the fourth longest-serving chief in the fire department’s history, said Friday.
“I’d like to thank (former fire chief) Frank Magsamen for taking a shot and hiring a guy from Canada and (former mayor) Buck Clark for taking a chance and promoting a young captain to the position of chief,” he said. Among his accomplishments, Treloar lists updating the department’s ambulance service.
“I think we are one of the better services as far as equipment and personnel. We’ve added ventilators, we’ve added scopes for intubation. Those are fairly advanced at the paramedic level,” Treloar said.