Board members Kristin McCabe, Kimberly Dove, Sara Gillespie, and Lillie Pozatek voted for the closure. “The board members who voted for closure simply did not understand that we value the ...

Gillespie worked his way up the ranks at Portland Fire & Rescue since joining the agency as a firefighter in 1998. He is the second city fire chief to retire in less than two years, after Sara ...