Leading through practice: How a local female fire chief grew as a leader

Leading through practice: How a local female fire chief grew as a leader

Early in her career as a firefighter, Pleasant Hill Fire Chief Jamie Lee hadn’t envisioned herself leading the department. But the former chief of the Pleasant Hill Fire Department told her she was going to be a fire chief someday.“I laughed at him. I’m like, ‘Nope, not me. You’re talking to the wrong person,’” Lee said.He was right. In 2018, Lee became the interim chief of the Pleasant Hill department. She became the official chief in 2019.This…