Resolution 15002CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 15002
COMMENDING ALAMEDA FIRE DEPARTMENT DIVISION CHIEF DAREN
OLSON FOR HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CITY OF ALAMEDA
WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Alameda records its appreciation for
service faithfully rendered by Division Chief Daren Olson to the City of Alameda; and
WHEREAS, Daren Olson's career with the City of Alameda Fire Department
spanned 28 and a half years starting on June 16, 1986, until December 13, 2014,
and included the following assignments: Firefighter, Apparatus Operator,
Lieutenant, Fire Captain, Division Chief, and Interim Deputy Fire Chief; and
WHEREAS, Daren Olson was promoted from Firefighter to Apparatus
Operator on June 25, 1995; and
WHEREAS, Daren Olson was promoted to Lieutenant on July 6, 1997; and
WHEREAS, Daren Olson was promoted to Fire Captain on April 11, 1999, he
was the Department's Assistant Training Director from July 1997 through January
2000, and was the Peer Counselor and Program Manager of the Critical Incident
Stress Management and Confined Space Rescue Teams; and
WHEREAS, Daren Olson was promoted to Division Chief on November 11, 2007,
served as Interim Deputy Fire Chief, Fire Marshal and Administrative Division Chief
from 2010 to 2013, and has been managing the Fire Department's fleet of vehicles
since 2007; and
WHEREAS, Daren Olson and his wife Michaela, are looking forward to
sending their children Greg and Melissa off to college and spending time with
family and friends; and
WHEREAS, on December 13, 2014, DAREN OLSON will officially retire from
his position as Division Chief for the City of Alameda's Fire Department, and will be
greatly missed by the Department, City Staff, and the entire Alameda Community.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of
Alameda does hereby congratulate Division Chief Daren Olson for his outstanding
achievement in his service to the City of Alameda and to the Fire Service
Profession.
I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and
regularly adopted and passed by the Council of the City of Alameda in a regular
meeting assembled on the 20th day of January, 2015, by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers Daysog, Ezzy Ashcraft, Matarrese, Oddie
and Mayor Spencer — 5.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTENTIONS: None.
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
official seal of said City this 21st day of January 2015.
Lara Weisiger, Citolerk
City of Alameda
Jane
' . Kern, City Attorney