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Coeur d’Alene fire chief selection changes course

by JACK DEWITT
Staff Writer | April 8, 2026 1:07 AM

COEUR d’ALENE — The Coeur d’Alene City Council unanimously voted Tuesday to extend an offer to fire chief candidate John Fugitt. 

This comes in the wake of Coeur d'Alene Fire Department Capt. Jake Bieker declining the city’s offer to take the post and deciding to stay in his current role. 

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