Chief Mingee has been Fire Chief of the City of Port Townsend and East Jefferson Fire Rescue since 2004.

As a third generation fireman he started his career in 1976 as a Firefighter / Paramedic for his hometown of Hesperia, California. After 5 years with the Hesperia Fire District and another 5 years with the City of Rialto California, he was promoted to the position of Fire Captain in the Southern California City of Victorville.

During his 10 years as a Fire Captain Mike obtained certification as both a Fire Officer and Chief Fire Officer with the State of California. In 1981 Michael received an Associate of Science degree in Fire Technology and in 1995 a Bachelors of Arts degree in Public Administration.

From 1997 until 2004 Chief Mingee served with the City of Cathedral City Fire Department as their Fire Marshal and Division Chief of Operations. In 2003 Chief Mingee was awarded a Chief Fire Officer Designation from the Committee of Fire Accreditation International.

Chief Mingee is a member of the Washington State Fire Chiefs Association, International Association of Fire Chiefs, National Fire Prevention Association, Jefferson County Incident Management Team, the Jefferson County Fire Chief¹s Association and the Jefferson County EMS / Trauma Council. Chief Mingee is a faculty member of the Ben Clark Public Safety Training center in Riverside California and Olympic College in Bremerton Washington.