{"id":400431,"date":"2026-08-07T18:06:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T18:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/400431\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T18:06:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T18:06:08","slug":"fort-worth-fire-chief-raymond-hill-to-retire-after-30-years-of-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/400431\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Worth fire chief Raymond Hill to retire after 30 years of service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fwfd-chief-raymond-hill-pic-e1786120934487.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"764\" height=\"432\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-v-653d32e2=\"\"\/> article <\/p>\n<p data-v-653d32e2=\"\">Fort Worth Fire Chief Raymond Hill <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">FORT WORTH, Texas &#8211; The city of Fort Worth\u2019s fire chief announced his retirement.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KDFW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Chief Raymond Hill has served the community for the past 30 years.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">He first joined the fire department in 1994 and worked his way up the ladder.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Under his leadership over the past year, the department has successfully assumed responsibility for the city\u2019s emergency medical services to improve response times.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KDFW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">&#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; Chief 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 data-v-94395e58=\"\">&#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 original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KDFW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What&#8217;s next:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Hill is set to retire at the start of next month.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Fort Worth will begin searching for his replacement in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: The information in this story comes from a news release from the city of Fort Worth.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/tarrant-county\/fort-worth\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fort Worth<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article Fort Worth Fire Chief Raymond Hill FORT WORTH, Texas &#8211; The city of Fort Worth\u2019s fire chief&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":400432,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[1046,116,118,117,223,122,216,393],"class_list":["post-400431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-crime-publicsafety","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news","tag-news","tag-tarrant-county","tag-tx","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400431","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=400431"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400431\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/400432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=400431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=400431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=400431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}