Excerpts from skokie.org:

At the village board meeting on Monday, December 16, 2019, interim Fire Chief Jeffrey Hoeflich was sworn in as the new Fire Chief.

Hoeflich joined the Skokie Fire Department in 1986. During this 33-year tenure with Skokie, Hoeflich has progressed through the ranks of lieutenant and captain.  Prior to serving as interim chief, he was the Training Officer for the Skokie Fire Department for ten years and a battalion chief.