Lacombe's former Deputy Fire Chief is settling into a new role as Lacombe County Fire Chief.

Drayton Bussiere says he doesn't view it as promotion, just an opportunity for him to help lead more people.

“Really for me, being in the fire service has always been about serving the community, and moving out to the County here is really a way for me to do that on a greater scale. More people, more things to work on, more opportunity to leverage my experience and training, throughout the County.”

At just 17, he started as a work experience student for the Lacombe Fire Department back in December of 2004.

He says he's looking forward to the opportunity to utilize his extensive firefighting knowledge in more areas.

“It's pretty exciting, it's going to be a pretty significant change in what I do day to day, but it's exciting to have the opportunity to work with all the different departments within the County as opposed to just the City of Lacombe. Lots of things in the role that I'm still learning and don't even know yet, but that's part of the exciting thing.”

Bussiere will be working with all the fire departments within the County, including, Eckville, Bentley, Blackfalds, Clive, Alix, Mirror, and Lacombe.