–Atascadero Fire & Emergency Services on Tuesday announced the recent appointment of two new battalion chief officers.
Atascadero Fire Captain Matt Miranda was recently promoted to fire battalion chief of operations. The position was vacated last year when former Battalion Chief Bill White retired from the fire service. Captain Miranda had been serving as interim battalion chief and was selected by Fire Chief Casey Bryson after an internal testing process.
Miranda began his fire service career as a reserve firefighter with Atascadero in 1999. He was hired full-time with the department as a firefighter in 2001. Miranda later earned a Bachelor of Science in Occupation Studies from Cal State Long Beach while working full-time. After two years, he was promoted to fire engineer then became a fire captain for the department in 2009. Miranda has been involved with a variety of programs during his time with Atascadero, perhaps most notably in department training. He is a founding member