31 CANDIDATES APPLIED FOR THE JOB, BUT IT WAS JEFF TERPSTRA (AND HIS 25 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN THE DISTRICT) THAT WAS CHOSEN TO REPLACE TOM CROSSER AS THE NEW CHIEF OF THE APTOS-LA SELVA FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT. BECAUSE THE DISTRICT RESPONDS TO MORE MEDICAL CALLS THAN FIRES, TERPSTRA WAS PARTIALLY CHOSEN FOR HIS STRONG MEDICAL BACKGROUND, (AND BECAUSE HE HELPED CREATE THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES INTEGRATION AUTHORITY).
TERPSTRA, IS A GRADUATE OF HARBOR HIGH SCHOOL.
