Sionna Stallings Ala’ilima became the Tacoma Fire Department's new chief on Tuesday, breaking ground as the first Samoan to hold the position in the city’s history. She says she wants to ...

Sionna Stallings-Ala'ilima was sworn in as the City of Tacoma’s new fire chief on Tuesday, April 1. She is a familiar face in the department, with almost two decades of service and she has been ...

Tacoma has a new fire chief. Sionna Stallings-Ala’ilima takes over immediately as head of the Fire Department, City Manager Elizabeth Pauli announced Tuesday. Stallings-Ala’ilima has served as ...