{"id":399713,"date":"2026-08-06T23:04:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T23:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/399713\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T23:04:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T23:04:12","slug":"fort-worths-interim-fire-chief-announces-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/399713\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Worth&#8217;s interim fire chief announces retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/texas\/tag\/fort-worth-fire-department\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Fort Worth Fire Department<\/a> Interim Chief Raymond Hill is retiring after over 30 years of service, the department announced on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>After being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/texas\/news\/fort-worth-fire-chief-resigns-firefighters-association-complaints\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-absolute=\"true\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">appointed interim chief in Oct. 2025<\/a>, Hill will retire on Sept. 1.<\/p>\n<p>Hill joined the Fort Worth Fire Department as a firefighter in December 1994 and advanced through every rank before being named assistant chief of Educational and Logistical Services in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>The department said that under Hill, average EMS response times were reduced from nearly 12.5 minutes to approximately 8.5 minutes over the past year, while maintaining the department&#8217;s commitment to delivering high-quality emergency services to residents.<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/landscape.png#.png\" alt=\"The Fort Worth Fire Department's Interim Chief, Raymond Hill, \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Fort Worth Fire Department<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Chief Hill has dedicated more than 30 years to serving the residents of Fort Worth with integrity, professionalism and unwavering commitment,&#8221; said Assistant City Manager William Johnson. &#8220;His leadership during the City&#8217;s transition to a fire-based EMS system has transformed emergency response and positioned the department for continued success. On behalf of the City, I want to thank Chief Hill for his extraordinary service and wish him all the best on his well-earned retirement.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Over the years, Hill oversaw a broad range of operations, including recruit and in-service training, the Office of Emergency Management, personnel health and wellness, personal protective equipment and supply, fire apparatus and vehicle services, the Fire Alarm Office and the department&#8217;s SCBA shop.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It has been an honor to serve alongside the dedicated men and women of the Fort Worth Fire Department over the past 30 years,&#8221; Hill said. &#8220;Together, we&#8217;ve strengthened this department and achieved meaningful progress for the community we serve. I will always be proud of what we&#8217;ve accomplished and have every confidence the department will continue to build on that success.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The City will begin a national search for Fort Worth&#8217;s next fire chief in the coming weeks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n          More from CBS News\n        <\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fort Worth Fire Department Interim Chief Raymond Hill is retiring after over 30 years of service, the department&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":399714,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,124,118,117],"class_list":["post-399713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-fire-department","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=399713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399713\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/399714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=399713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=399713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=399713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}