{"id":357883,"date":"2026-06-12T14:11:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T14:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/357883\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T14:11:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T14:11:07","slug":"new-fire-chief-announced-for-clovis-fire-department","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/357883\/","title":{"rendered":"New Fire Chief announced for Clovis Fire Department"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CLOVIS, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 The City of Clovis has announced the selection of Jason Ralls as the new Fire Chief of the Clovis Fire Department.<\/p>\n<p>He currently serves as the Deputy Fire Chief of Clovis Fire.<\/p>\n<p>The city of Clovis says he will replace current Fire Chief Chris Ekk, who will retire July 31, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>[RELATED] <a href=\"https:\/\/kmph.com\/news\/local\/city-of-avenal-community-members-file-injunction-against-recalled-avenal-leaders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Recalled City of Avenal leaders deny recall election votes, neighbors file injunction<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He earned his bachelor\u2019s degree in Agricultural and Managerial Economics from UC Davis and his master\u2019s degree in leadership and organizational studies from Fresno Pacific University.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChief Jason Ralls steps into this position as one who has served in every role within the Clovis Fire Department,\u201d said Mayor Vong Mouanoutoua.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe City Council is familiar with his abilities and stands confidently behind his appointment by our City Manager.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chief Ekk said, \u201cChief Ralls brings a combination of integrity and vision to this role, paired with a genuine commitment to our community and the success of our team. Our department is in excellent hands.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s expected that the Clovis City Council will confirm Deputy Chief Ralls&#8217; appointment during the June 15 Council Meeting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CLOVIS, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 The City of Clovis has announced the selection of Jason Ralls as the new&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":357884,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-357883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=357883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357883\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/357884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=357883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=357883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=357883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}