Hans was born on December 29, 1963. Some of his favorite hobbies included fly fishing, football, skiing and wakeboarding. Hans played football for San Bernardino Valley College and later coached for Yucaipa High School.
Hans’ career in the fire service began in 1982 where he was a volunteer firefighter at Riverside County Fire Department Station 22 in Cherry Valley for five years. In 1985, Hans went to paramedic school and later worked for AMR (formerly Goodhew) Ambulance.
In 2002, Hans was hired by CAL FIRE as a Firefighter Paramedic on Squad 84 in Temecula and further promoted through the ranks as Fire Apparatus Engineer Paramedic and later a Fire Captain Paramedic before his Schedule B assignment at Anza Station 29. Finally, Hans promoted to Battalion Chief in 2019 where he was assigned to Battalion 14.
Since 2005, Hans was an instructor at Moreno Valley College teaching pharmacology to paramedic students until his illness.
Hans held a Bachelor’s Degree in Biology from Cal State San Bernardino. He is survived by his wife, Carla Bolowich, brothers Konrad and Franz Bolowich and sister Heidi Jackson.
“We will deeply miss Hans and will be here to support Carla and his family during this very difficult time. Hans was a highly respected member of our fire family as well as the EMS community,” said CAL FIRE Riverside County Fire Chief, Shawn C. Newman.
Information regarding Hans’ celebration of life will be forthcoming.
Cards for the Bolowich family can be sent to:
The Bolowich Family
c/o CAL FIRE/Riverside County Fire Department
Administrative Headquarters
210 West San Jacinto Avenue
Perris, CA 92570
SHARE OBITUARY
v.1.8.18