New fire marshal

Randy Collins accepted the Mason County fire marshal job after having lunch with Todd Cunningham, county building inspector. Cunningham mentioned he had just written a job description for the open fire marshal position.

“He kind of bugged me about it so I thought, well, why not?” Collins told the Journal. “I applied and here I am.”

Before coming to Mason County, Collins spent more than 40 years in the fire service. He started as a volunteer in the Arcata Fire District just north of Eureka, California. Collins, who started the job May 16, spent the majority of his fire career in Healdsburg, Cal...