About Us
The Woodinville Fire and Life Safety District (WFLSD) is located in the
north central portion of King County and provides fire protection and emergency services
for a population of 46,582 living within a 36 square mile radius. Within the WFLSD is
the City of Woodinville, which encompasses 5.65 square miles and has a population of
approximately 10,000. The 2007 call volume for the district was over 4,000 calls. There are 70 line personnel at Woodinville and 8 of those are part of the Wellness team and are personal trainers. Our mission: To provide all the resources for our members to reach optimal wellness throughout a career and into retirement. Wellness encompasses so many topics like Nutrition, weight management, and physical activity to name a few.
Our goals are for you to reach your goals.
Contacts at WFLSD
Lt Rob Robertson
Lt. Robertson has experiences in 7 different fire department organizations in over 28 years. Rob is citified fireservice ISO and HSO since 2005. Rob has been the lieutenant in charge of the wellness team for 10 years. Rob Was certified in Crossfit in 2006 and he became a PEER fitness trainer in 2007. Rob enjoys running and hiking. Rob has a passion for strength training and eating healthy.You can find Rob at a local sports event training young athletes the benefits of Crossfit. Rob is also a huge part of the "Fire Fit Kids" program here in Woodinville where he and Doug travel to the local junior high schools to teach the importance of exercise.
Rob
Station 33-A
FF Doug Bahr
Doug is the firefighter in charge of Woodinville's fitness program. Doug has a degree from Washington State University in exercise science. Doug is a PEER trainer and certified in Crossfit. You probably already know Doug he's the ambassador of health and he's famous! At least in Wilbur:)
Doug
Station 33-A
Lt Peder Davis
Peder is a PEER trainer and is trained Crossfit level 3. Peder was one of the first in the world to get trained in Crossfit. He and Paul Peterson took the trip to Santa Cruz in 1997 for their training.
Peder
Station 31-A
FF Peter Briner
Peter has a long history of passion towards health. Peter’s fitness passion has been towards running. He has completed a dozen marathons and three races over 26 miles with one being a finish in the Western States 100 mile endurance race in California.
Peter
Station 31-C
FF Paul Peterson
Paul was the one who brought Crossfit to Woodinville Fire. Paul was one of the first in the world to get trained as a Crossfit instructor. Paul is a level 3 instructor. He was one of the originals to pave the way for the rest of us.
Paul
Station 31-B
FF Kyle Felmley
The youngest member of the team at 23. Kyle has brought tremendous youth and fitness to the group. Kyle’s claim to fame was his semi-pro cyclocross riding, that was pre four kids. If your looking for an intelligent discussion about nutrition Kyle has years of experience.
Kyle
Station 31-B
FF Dustin Wuebel
Dustin is very active in negotiating and purchasing for our Wellness program. If you are looking to make a new purchase and want the best price contact Dustin. Also, Dustin is one of our heavy lifting guru's, I would not challenge him to any olympic lifts with out years of training.
Dustin
Station 31-A
Insp. Rick Ihire
The eldest members of the team at 53. Rick has a long history of being in incredible shape going back to his hockey and ice climbing days. If you want to challenge Rick to pull-ups some time you better be able to do 50+ consecutively. Rick is CF II and an IAFF PFT. Favorite CF WOD - Cindy
Most hated CF WOD - Heavy Fran
Pre WO ritual - tape up in a lot of different places, and repeat over
and over again - "be like Kyle, be like Kyle, ..."
Favorite WO music - anything by Rage Against the Machine
Nickname - 'BT'
Quote - "That's it...? Rick Ihire, Fire Prevention, station 31
FF Ron Suggs.
Ron is one of the newest members of the Wellness team, he hopes to get his ACE certification this year. Ron is trained in Crossfit level 1 and Kettlebell instructor trained. Ron has been working out very hard.
Ron is 6'4 and weights 432 pounds.
Ron
Station 31-C
Ron@wflsd.org
FF Jesse Disch
Jesse is a new member to the Wellness team. Jesse will be getting his ACE certification this Summer. Jesse is a Crossfit and Kettlebell instructor.
