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TUPELO ⢠Jimmy Avery has been named the interim fire chief and will lead the Tupelo Fire Department after Chief Thomas Walker retires at the end of the month.
Avery, 58, is currently the deputy chief of the department. Mayor Jason Shelton appointed him to the interim slot earlier this week, and he was confirmed by the Tupelo City Council on Tuesday night.
âI want to just run the department as it is,â Avery told the Daily Journal. âIâm not going to make any major changes and just want to keep the ship afloat right now.â
Avery was originally born in Nuremberg, Germany, because his father was in the military. He came to Tupelo in 1977 and joined the Tupelo Fire Department in 1988. He has remained employed there since.