Mike came to Pullman in 1979 attending Washington State University.  After a short break, he started his fire service career in Moses Lake at Grant County Fire District #5 in 1981.  He returned to WSU in 1983 joining the WSU Fire Department as a student resident and later hired fulltime by the department in 1985 where he received a Bachelor's and Master's degree in Political Science.  Mike joined the Pullman Fire Department in 1996 as the Assistant Fire Chief of Operations until his recent appointment as Fire Chief on February 1, 2013.