Born and raised in Willits, Chief Wilkes completed his education through the Willits Unified School District and continued on to Santa Rosa Junior College. After college he co-owned a successful automotive repair facility, an equipment rental business and was an auto shop teacher for the Mendocino County Office of Education at Willits High School. In his spare time he has enjoyed a fruitful 2nd career as a crew member for professional drag racing team that placed a best of number 2 in the world over the last seven years, and is the clutch specialist for a record setting nostalgia nitro funny car team. At the age of 21 he joined the Little Lake Fire Protection District as a volunteer firefighter. From there he managed to work his way through the ranks of the fire district by means of education, dedication and hard work. He is now the very proud Fire Chief of 40 strong volunteers, an amazing board of directors and a beautiful 240 square mile fire district that includes the City of Willits.
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Website Accessibility Statement
Little Lake Fire District is fully committed to providing accessible facilities, elements and
channels of communication to all members of the public. As part of this commitment, Little Lake Fire District
has a policy of providing an accessible website compatible with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1) and
commercial screen reading software. All features of the website are coded to allow individuals with vision and
other impairments to understand and use the website to the same degree as someone without disabilities. We welcome
feedback and can often resolve issues in a timely manner if they arise.
If you need any special assistance or accommodations:
Little Lake Fire District has designated a compliance officer for website disability-related accommodations.
The compliance officer has received training in website accessibility and updates the site in accordance with those best
practices. Contact our accessibility officer to report an issue.
Compliance Procedures and Reports
In addition to testing with users with a wide range of disabilities and coding our website to WCAG standards,
Little Lake Fire District regularly scans its website to ensure ongoing compliance, and makes timely
changes to any inaccessible changes, if any are found.
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not have accessible content. This site may also include documents provided by third parties included in our
agenda packets, for example. While we cannot control the accessibility of content provided by third parties,
we are happy to assist any member of the public with reading and accessing content on our site.