Montecito Fire Department
MONTECITO, Calif. - Montecito Fire Department Division Chief – Operations Alan Widling announced plans to retire at the end of December after 31 years of service.
Chief Widling was hired as a full-time firefighter by the Montecito Fire Department in September of 1989, after beginning as a private ambulance paramedic and Reserve Firefighter for the Santa Maria City Fire Department.
Widling left Montecito a few years later in 1991 to spend the next 23 years rising through the ranks in the Santa Maria City Fire Department, becoming the Operations Battalion Chief in 2011.
In 2015, Widling returned to the Montecito Fire Department as a Shift Battalion Chief, and in July of 2019, was promoted to the Division Chief – Operations position.