By James Pinkerton in The Houston Chronicle
In his introductory news conference, Terry Garrison said his top priorities are firefighter safety and promoting cultural diversity through recruiting and training. Terry Garrison, a tall man with an almost constant grin, is an experienced and well-educated administrator whose management style draws on openness and inclusiveness, say fire and [...]
From KWES News, Odessa
Three of Odessa’s bravest are getting moved up in the ranks. On Tuesday, the fire department announced the promotions of Jim Fowler, Roy Barner and Brock Pittman.
Fowler and Barner earned the rank of Captain and Pittman earned the rank of Engineer.
A celebration ceremony was held at the Central Fire Station to acknowledge [...]
The San Antonio Fire Department will be accepting applications for the position of Firefighter Trainee beginning next month. Applications will be accepted between June 1 and June 25, at the Fire Department’s Training Academy.
Read story by Peter J. Holley in The San Antonio Express-News
From KVUE News, Austin
The City of Taylor has a new fire chief. Wednesday, the Taylor City Council hired Laurence Patton Ekiss to run the 25-person department. Ekiss has 26 years experience as a firefighter and currently serves as fire chief in Forest Hill, Texas near Paris in the northeast part of the state.
Ekiss is also [...]
By Robin Y. Richadson in The Marshall News Messenger
The Elysian Fields Volunteer Fire Department is back in action and is going 21 members strong after about three years of inactivity and only eight members on the roster.
“I’ve told people we’ve got a good community, good schools, good people – we need to have a good [...]
By Robin Pyle in The Lubbock Avalanche-Jouranal
Photo by Zach Long in The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
The new fire chief has a lot of work ahead of him. He needs to get three new fire stations built and add at least 60 firefighters to the department in the next four years.
Mike Kemp said he also plans to guide [...]
From The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
The city manager has appointed Interim Fire Chief Mike Kemp as the Lubbock Fire Chief.
Kemp has served as fire chief since Dec. 18 when Rhea Cooper retired. He has served the department for more than 28 years. Kemp began his career as a firefighter in January of 1982 before rising through the [...]
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