Serving Since 1980

Lieutenant Pete Willingham is a 25-year veteran of the Boaz Fire Department, 19 of those years as a full time firefighter.  Pete started with the fire department as a P.O.C. paid on call) in 1980 and served in that roll for 6 years.  Pete was hired by the City of Boaz as a full time firefighter on November 26, 1986. In December of the next year he completed Firefighter I certification, a 360 hour course

  that all full-time firefighters have to pass in order to become a State of Alabama Certified Firefighter.  He has attended several other schools while with the fire department, obtaining certifications in Firefighter II, Fire Instructor I, Over the Mountain Haz-Mat technician, Hazardous Materials A&O, and Fire Officer I. Pete was awarded Boaz Community Civitans Firefighter Of The Year for 1999

Pete has been married to his wife Robin for 29 years. They have two children and one grandchild.