George Chambers was voted in as the new fire chief for the city of Manchester on Tuesday night. Aldermen Cheryl Swan, Tim Pauley, Lana Matthews-Sain and Tim Kilgore voted in favor of Chambers. Alderman Russell Bryan abstained and Vice-Mayor Ryan French did not attend the meeting. Alderman Swan says that Chambers is set to take over the department on May 18.
Chambers is a career firefighter starting with the Air Force in 1975 and retired from the military in 2004. Following that he was the assistant fire chief at AEDC from 2004-2010 and then left to be a fire chief in Afghanistan from 2010-2013.
Former chief George DeShields resigned on March 16. Department captains have been conducting the day-to-day operations of Manchester Fire and Rescue since he resigned.
New Fire Chief For Manchester
