Chief Sandfoss was hired by the Central Campbell County Fire District on July 1, 2000.  Chief Sandfoss started his fire service career at the age of 17 with the Highland Heights Volunteer Fire Department.  At the age of eighteen he joined the military for two years.  He served in the Vietnam War with the Second Battalion, 506th Infantry, 101st Airborne Division.  In 1972, he was hired as a full-time firefighter with the Fort Thomas Fire Department.  He became one of the department's first emergency medical technicians.  He rose through the ranks of Lieutenant and Captain, and also served in an Acting Chief's position.  At Fort Thomas he was a shift commander as well as being responsible for public fire education, fire inspections, and fire investigations.  He also assisted in implementing the first municipal advanced life support unit in Northern Kentucky.  Chief Sandfoss retired from Fort Thomas in 2000 after twenty eight years of service to that community.

  Chief Sandfoss possesses a degree in fire science from Northern Kentucky University.  He is a past president of the Campbell County Firefighter Association, a member of the International Association of Fire Chiefs, and is a Fiscal Court appointee to the Campbell County Consolidated Dispatched Board.  He also does volunteer work with the Saint Vincent DePaul Society.