FOLLOWING THE ARREST OF FORMER FIRE CHIEF ROGER BLOOM FOR FURNISHING ALCOHOL TO MINORS, INTERIM FIRE CHIEF ALAN ANDERSON WILL NOW BE A PERMANENT FIXTURE OF THE GILROY FIRE DEPARTMENT. BLOOM WAS ARRESTED BACK IN SEPTEMBER AND TWO WEEKS LATER ANDerSON JUMPED IN TO FILL THE POSITION. ANDERSON HAS BEEN WITH THE GILROY FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR THE PAST 6 MONTHS.