Sean Torey has been promoted to the rank of captain in Snohomish County Fire District 1.

The fire district serves many unincorporated areas of Bothell and assists in north Bothell incidents.

Captains are responsible for supervising shift personnel at the fire station level – leading a crew of three to five firefighters. Torey has been assigned to Brier Fire Station 18.

Torey was raised in Sequim and began his fire service career in 1992 as a resident volunteer with the Poulsbo Fire Department. He was hired in 1994 as a full-time firefighter with the Mountlake Terrace Fire Department, which merged with Fire District 1 in 2005.

Fire District 1 is the largest provider of fire and emergency medical services in Snohomish County, with full-time staffing at 12 fire stations. The district serves nearly 200,000 residents in unincorporated south Snohomish County, Brier, Edmonds, and Mountlake Terrace.