The Summit Fire & EMS Board of Directors is considering three candidates who could be hired as the fire protection district’s chief.

Summit Fire & EMS community resource officer Steve Lipsher said in an email that the board members met Thursday, April 24, to discuss their impressions of the three candidates. While the board has no set time frame for when it might announce a decision, Lipsher said the members have indicated their intention to act promptly. He provided the following descriptions of the three candidates.

Steven Green is the assistant chief of administration for the Longview Fire Department in Texas, a position he has held since 2019 after serving with that department since 1997 as battalion chief, fire captain, driver/engineer and firefighter/paramedic.  He began his career in emergency services in 1993 as an EMT and has served with the Elderville-Lakeport Volunteer Fire Department and the Kilgore Fire Academy, both in Texas.

Ian Kazian has served as the chief of the Deerfield Bannockburn Fire Protection District in Illinois since 2011, having been with that organization since 1996, starting as a firefighter/paramedic and working as fire inspector/public education specialist, training director and safety officer, lieutenant and deputy fire chief. He began his career at the Libertyville Fire Department in 1992 and worked with the Countryside Fire Protection District, both in Illinois.

Sean O’Hara has been a division chief and shift commander with West Metro Fire Rescue in the Denver metro area since 2021. He started with that organization in 1999 as a firefighter/paramedic and served as a lieutenant and captain along the way.