{"id":359641,"date":"2026-08-01T03:44:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T03:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/359641\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T03:44:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T03:44:01","slug":"st-pete-beach-announces-promotion-of-new-fire-chief-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/359641\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Pete Beach announces promotion of new fire chief"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/a0bc3632-93e8-4f6c-92e8-d09e69184750_750x422-ntEoZm-e1785380891451-300x168.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1252643\" alt=\"\"   loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The City of St. Pete Beach has announced Adam Poirrier as its new fire chief.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Poirrier, who has been with the city for more than ten years and previously served as Deputy Fire Chief, will be promoted to chief on Aug. 3.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">St. Pete Beach\u2019s former Fire Chief Jim Kilpatrick retired last month after 24 years of service.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of Poirrier\u2019s responsibilities as chief will include oversight of the ongoing construction of Fire Station 22. The new station will replace the one damaged during the 2024 Hurricane Season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Poirrier will also continue in his role as Assistant City Manager, which he has held for the last 18 months.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI am deeply honored and humbled by the opportunity to serve as Fire Chief,\u201d Poirrier said in a statement. \u201cOur focus will remain on providing the highest level of service to our residents and visitors, supporting our firefighters and EMS professionals, and ensuring St. Pete Beach remains a safe, prepared, and resilient community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Poirrier has more than 25 years of experience in the fire service. He holds a Master of Public Administration from Troy University and is a graduate of the National Fire Academy\u2019s Executive Fire Officer Program.<\/p>\n<p>WTSP-TV CBS 10 St. Petersburg<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The City of St. Pete Beach has announced Adam Poirrier as its new fire chief. Poirrier, who has&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":359642,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[28,202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-359641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-florida","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=359641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359641\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/359642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=359641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=359641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=359641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}