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Posted on July 8, 2025July 8, 2025 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Mohammed Jaber takes Oath of Office for Orland Fire Commission
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Mohammed Jaber takes Oath of Office for Orland Fire Commission

The Orland Fire Protection District’s Board of Fire Commissioners on Monday, July 7, 2025, administered the Oath of Office to Mohammed Jaber, 42, to fill a vacancy on the three-member board.

The Fire Commission reviews and recommends issues related to the hiring of firefighters and administration of firefighter testing, among other related duties.

The event was attended by Jaber’s wife Nuha Hasan and their two children, Sarah and Zakariyeh, OFPD Commissioners Matt Rafferty and Brian O’Neill, Trustee DJ Jeffers and Interim Fire Chief John Purtill.

“We are very happy to welcome Mohammed to our board and look forward to working with him,” said Commission Chairman Rafferty.

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Jeffers, Jaber’s Commission predecessor and now OFPD Secretary of the Board of Trustees, administered the Oath of Office.

“We are really proud to have Commissioner Jaber here and we look forward to working with him,” Jeffers said after administering the oath.

Jaber said, “I am so proud to be here to support the Orland Fire Protection District. It is the best in the nation, and it will be even better with the support of the board, commissioners, administration and our great firefighters.”

Jaber thanked the Board of Trustees for appointing him, offering special thanks to Jeffers, and to OFPD Board President Beth Damas Kaspar and Bridget Eileen Tolan.

The Commission voted at the meeting to approve Firefighter testing for this Fall.

For more information, visit www.OrlandFire.org.

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