TAMPA TRIBUNE
19 Fire Rescue Members Enter Heated Competition For Chief's Job
By WILLIAM MARCH [email protected]
Published: May 30, 2003
TAMPA - Nineteen members of Tampa Fire Rescue have applied to become fire chief, and a committee of city officials hopes to recommend three of them as finalists to Mayor Pam Iorio within two weeks.
Iorio has said she intends to look first for a new chief within the fire department and will look outside only if she doesn't find the right candidate within.
``There is no intention right now to look outside,'' said Iorio's chief of staff, Darrell Smith, who's leading the searches for a city fire and police chiefs.
The 19 applicants represent those department members who submitted applications by the deadline this week. They are:
Charles L. Brown, district chief; Betty A. Coleman, fire marshal's office inspector; Thomas E. Forward, captain, Station 14;James L. Gary, captain, Station 5; Michael M. Gonzalez, arson investigation supervisor, fire marshal's office; Roland G. Gonzalez, fire marshal; Aria R. Green, division chief; Timothy J. Ippolito, inspector, fire marshal's office; Milton Jenkins, inspector, fire marshal's office; Dennis W. Jones, division chief; Willie C. Miller, district chief; Dennis L. Phillips, district chief; James P. Phillips, district chief; William D. Ryan, inspections supervisor, fire marshal's office; Bruce E. Savage, acting deputy chief; Todd A. Spear, assistant fire marshal; James D. Taylor, division chief; William C. Wade, captain, public information officer; and Richard Weich, district chief.
Six of the candidates are black, including three of those regarded by fire officials as leading candidates - Brown, Green and Miller. Iorio has promised to increase diversity among top city officials.
Smith said Iorio wants to name the new fire chief before Chief Pete Botto retires June 21. But he said the hiring process has been delayed by the difficulty of finding a firefighting expert with no links to the applicants to serve on the search committee.
Other members of the committee include interim City Attorney Fred Karl, City Clerk Shirley Foxx-Knowles, Ron Ibarra of the city accounting department and Sarah Lang, city personnel chief.
Reporter William March can be reached at (813) 259-7761.
19 Fire Rescue Members Enter Heated Competition For Chief's Job
By WILLIAM MARCH [email protected]
Published: May 30, 2003
TAMPA - Nineteen members of Tampa Fire Rescue have applied to become fire chief, and a committee of city officials hopes to recommend three of them as finalists to Mayor Pam Iorio within two weeks.
Iorio has said she intends to look first for a new chief within the fire department and will look outside only if she doesn't find the right candidate within.
``There is no intention right now to look outside,'' said Iorio's chief of staff, Darrell Smith, who's leading the searches for a city fire and police chiefs.
The 19 applicants represent those department members who submitted applications by the deadline this week. They are:
Charles L. Brown, district chief; Betty A. Coleman, fire marshal's office inspector; Thomas E. Forward, captain, Station 14;James L. Gary, captain, Station 5; Michael M. Gonzalez, arson investigation supervisor, fire marshal's office; Roland G. Gonzalez, fire marshal; Aria R. Green, division chief; Timothy J. Ippolito, inspector, fire marshal's office; Milton Jenkins, inspector, fire marshal's office; Dennis W. Jones, division chief; Willie C. Miller, district chief; Dennis L. Phillips, district chief; James P. Phillips, district chief; William D. Ryan, inspections supervisor, fire marshal's office; Bruce E. Savage, acting deputy chief; Todd A. Spear, assistant fire marshal; James D. Taylor, division chief; William C. Wade, captain, public information officer; and Richard Weich, district chief.
Six of the candidates are black, including three of those regarded by fire officials as leading candidates - Brown, Green and Miller. Iorio has promised to increase diversity among top city officials.
Smith said Iorio wants to name the new fire chief before Chief Pete Botto retires June 21. But he said the hiring process has been delayed by the difficulty of finding a firefighting expert with no links to the applicants to serve on the search committee.
Other members of the committee include interim City Attorney Fred Karl, City Clerk Shirley Foxx-Knowles, Ron Ibarra of the city accounting department and Sarah Lang, city personnel chief.
Reporter William March can be reached at (813) 259-7761.
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