Tacoma has a new fire chief. Sionna Stallings-Ala’ilima takes over immediately as head of the Fire Department, City Manager Elizabeth Pauli announced Tuesday. Stallings-Ala’ilima has served as ...

TACOMA, Wash. — Sionna Stallings-Ala'ilima was sworn in as the City of Tacoma’s new fire chief on Tuesday, April 1. She is a familiar face in the department, with almost two decades of service ...

There's not a lot of fires to fight in one of the rainiest cities in America, leaving the crew at the Tacoma Fire Department tackling the less glamorous elements of the job. Light on blazes that ...