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Herb (Hub) Faubion

Brigette Smith (3rd & current Executive Secretary), Herb Faubion (1st Executive Secretary), Joe Faubion (2nd Executive Secretary)

 

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2012 STATE BOARD MEETINGS:

 

January 27th - Agenda

April 20th

July 20th

October 19th

 

IN MEMORIAM

On April 22, 2011, the Board for Volunteer Firefighters and Reserve Officers lost a great friend, mentor, and leader.

Herb (Hub) Faubion was the first executive secretary for the Board.  This agency was his dream, vision, and legacy.  Besides leading the agency for 23 years, Herb also was a volunteer firefighter with the Town of Cathlamet and Lacey Fire for over 40 years.

Although he left the agency, he never lost his love for it.  Even at his 100th birthday party a few months ago, he talked fondly about his years with the agency and the struggle he had to secure enough funding for the system to ensure that pension and disability coverage would be available for future generations. 

Herb was asked, at his party, how he had lived to be 100.  At first, he joked that he just kept breathing.  After a small pause, he looked up at the person he was speaking to and said “Be nice to everyone, because everybody matters”.  Without a doubt, that is how Herb lived his life.  The first piece of advice he dispensed to every Executive Secretary was to always “Err on the side of the firefighter” when in doubt.  It is something we still return to whenever debating coverage questions, and the State Board has repeated it more than once when faced with difficult decisions.

Herb made huge contributions to his fire departments, his communities, and every firefighter in Washington State .  He will be missed, but he will never be gone because his vision continues to live on through every injured firefighter we support, every surviving spouse that we help, and every retirement we pay.

Thanks, Herb, for all you did, and thanks to the family without who’s support, Herb couldn’t have been the leader he was.

 

Memorial information will be posted as soon as it is available.

 

 

 

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State of Washington                          Board for Volunteer Firefighters            and Reserve Officers                             PO Box 114                                 Olympia, WA 98507

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