Five of 44 Fire chief candidates remain for River Falls, WI job

Only five of the original 44 applicants remain to fill the newly created full-time paid position of River Falls fire chief. There were six, but one dropped out.

Chris Cernohous, current volunteer fire chief and also a River Falls public works employee, is one of the remaining five.

Cernohous has been with the River Falls Fire Department for almost 15 years. He was named interim chief last year, succeeding Bob Schwalen.

River Falls Police Fire Commission Chairwoman Pat Nelson said the next search phase happened Monday.

Then, the five remaining candidates will get tours of River Falls, the remodeled fire station and be questioned by three interview panels made up of:

1) Firefighters and citizens

2) City of River Falls department heads

3) Police Fire Commission

Nelson said the first two panels will have seven or eight people. Besides Nelson, the PFC has these regular members: Carole Mottaz, Mel Germanson, Steve Leitch and Dan Vande Yacht.

St. Paul-based Springsted Inc., a public sector consulting firm, was hired to assist the PFC in the fire chief search. Next the references of each candidate will be questioned.

Nelson said the PFC should decide the week of Aug. 18, which two or three candidates will be finalists. After that, the finalist names and where they work will be announced.

Finalists will be more closely scrutinized and undergo background checks.

Springsted’s Senior Vice President Sharon Klumpp said those checks, handled by a private investigator, will look into criminal and credit histories, civil judgments, verify education credentials and review driving records.

Klumpp said the finalists will also undergo an online psychological test administered by a psychologist. And the PFC will interview them for a second time.

Nelson said the aim is to hire a full-time fire chief by early fall, possibly in late September.

The RFFD will celebrate its 125th anniversary with an open house and other activities on Saturday, Sept. 25. Nelson couldn’t guarantee that a fire chief will be hired by then.


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