Charleston Firefighters Ready For Challenges

City of Charleston firefighters will meet all future challenges. This was part of the message delivered by Mayor Joe Riley at a news conference yesterday at city hall.

The mayor discussed briefly the implementation of the Phase I reccomendations. While the department has implemented some of the reccomendations it is felt among firefighters the rest of the process will take place with renewed energy and committment.

Firefighters spoke of the future optimistically although quite a few are worried about the choice of an interim chief. They feel the right choice is to pick the person with the right level of training and with no personal attachments to the department. Mayor Riley said he will make his choice soon.

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Jay;

In order for the CFD to move foward,
my best guess for interm Chief at the time being would be an outsider.

Chief Ghi

He has the educational background/experience and his
ties to other fire service leaders/agencies for advice.

He has from my reading here on the "Hourly" made a good impression with the line firefighters.