–Atascadero Fire & Emergency Services on Tuesday announced the recent appointment of two new battalion chief officers.
Atascadero Fire Captain Matt Miranda was recently promoted to fire battalion chief of operations. The position was vacated last year when former Battalion Chief Bill White retired from the fire service. Captain Miranda had been serving as interim battalion chief and was selected by Fire Chief Casey Bryson after an internal testing process.
Miranda began his fire service career as a reserve firefighter with Atascadero in 1999. He was hired full-time with the department as a firefighter in 2001. Miranda later earned a Bachelor of Science in Occupation Studies from Cal State Long Beach while working full-time. After two years, he was promoted to fire engineer then became a fire captain for the department in 2009. Miranda has been involved with a variety of programs during his time with Atascadero, perhaps most notably in department training. He is a founding member
Athens hires new fire chief
Albert Hogan Jr.
Posted: Jan 25, 2021 9:24 PM
Posted By: Ashley Thusius
Athens Fire and Rescue has a new chief.
The Athens City Council voted on Monday to hire Albert Hogan Jr., who worked with DeKalb County Fire Rescue in Georgia for 23 years.
“I’m ecstatic about this opportunity,” Hogan said. “Athens is the place that is the right fit, and it will be a nice change of pace. I look forward to meeting everyone.”
He became fire captain of DeKalb County Fire Rescue in Georgia in 2006 and then battalion chief in 2016. He also served with the department’s Hazardous Materials Team, Hazardous Materials Decontamination Team and Accreditation Committee, among other committees. He has a bachelor’s degree in fire administration from Columbia Southern University.
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By Sydney Melson
The Birmingham Times
Sarah Johnson, a native of Adamsville, Alabama, was hired on Dec. 28, 2004. The first female safety officer for the department, her interest in the fire department started with family, as well.
“I have a brother who retired as a BFRS battalion chief [in May 2019]. … He always talked about how it was the best job in the world, and he couldn’t imagine doing anything else,” she recalled. “I got to a point in my life where I didn’t really know what I wanted to do, so I decided to give it a shot.”
Johnson, who attended Columbia Southern University in Orange Beach, Alabama, in pursuit of a bachelor’s degree in occupational health and safety, worked hard to learn as much as she could about the BFRS.
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