Jefferson County Fire & EMS staff respond to chief’s resignation

Now that Jefferson County Fire & EMS Chief Kasey Skaar has announced his resignation, two top crew members said they would miss him and now have concerns about how the department will find new leadership. Both Trevor Beebe and Tom Jaca, shift captains for the department, have worked with Skaar since he began his career at Jefferson County Fire & EMS as a student volunteer. Jaca was also a volunteer when Skaar joined the student program and volunteered at the Culver station. Jaca said that even as a young man, Skaar was a knowledgeable, hard worker who fit in well with the department. “He wanted to learn, and he wanted to help people. That was the big thing with Kasey,” Jaca said. “And he enjoyed what he was doing.” Jaca remembered seeing Skaar move through the ranks, eventually becoming the Jefferson County Fire & EMS interim chief after Jeff Blake left in October 2025. “He came a long ways over the years, but we had a lot of fun times together,” Jaca said about Skaar.

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