- Spokane Valley Fire Chief warns community about man impersonating firefighter on social media, emphasizing safety and reputation concerns.
Earlier this week, we brought you a story of a man posing as a police officer. This time, Spokane Valley says a man on social media is impersonating a firefighter.
The Spokane Valley Fire Chief says the department wanted to be assertive in letting the community know about the impersonator because of both safety and reputation.
“It’s very sad because in our case, the men and women of the Spokane Valley fire department, both uniformed and non-uniformed, have spent 86 years building a relationship built on trust with our community, and when you have somebody that comes in and starts to disparage that by impersonating one of us, it’s a big deal. We take that very seriously,” said Spokane Valley Fire Chief Frank Soto Jr…