Moramarco retires after 33 years with fire district

FALLBROOK – Fire Engineer Rick Moramarco retired from the North County Fire Protection District on Dec. 28 after 33 years of service. Moramarco started his career in firefighting with the then independent Rainbow Volunteer Fire Department in September 1975. He became a reserve firefighter with the then Fallbrook Fire Department in 1980 and was hired full-time in July 1987.

Moramarco also served as a trainer of new engineers and a proctor in their testing for the district and also worked at the Palomar College Fire Academy as an assistant instructor for training firefighter cadets twice a...