Orange taps longtime firefighter for department’s chief

Orange promoted a 30-year veteran of the Orange Fire Department as its new chief.
Fire Chief Doug Fackiner dropped “deputy” from his title earlier this week as he took over the helm of the department from retiring chief Jack Thomas. Thomas had been in the job since 2015.
Fackiner was hired full-time by Orange in 1989 as a fire safety specialist, then three months later he passed his firefighter test. Fackiner worked his way up through the department from firefighter/paramedic to batt