Fred Marion to retire

Published 2:53 pm Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Firefighter Fred Marion, a former North Bend volunteer firefighter, businessman and 1968 graduate of Mount Si High School, will retire from the Cle Elum Fire Department in May.

Marion has been a volunteer firefighter for more than 43 years. He got his start in 1971 with the North Bend department, and, while there, he served as secretary-treasurer and an EMT. He operated a business, FM Electronics, for several years.

In 1989, he joined Cle Elum’s Fire District 7, where he served as a lieutenant at Station 73 and a safety officer. He became the district association’s first president and was in its first group of EMTs. He’s been the fire district’s communications officer, and served four years as secretary-treasurer for the Central Puget Sound Fire Fighter Association.