Northern Bruce Peninsula council has signed off on the appointment of two acting deputy fire chiefs in the municipality.
A report was brought forward by Northern Bruce Peninsula Fire Chief Jack Burt at council’s June 13 meeting, recommending appointing District Chief Krista Tiernan and District Chief Jeff Catley as Acting Deputy Fire Chiefs.
The official bylaw will be adopted June 27.
The report says in the case of an absence or vacancy of a fire chief, the duties, powers and responsibilities of the fire chief are still required to be maintained. Deputy fire chiefs may act on behalf of the fire chief.
The report adds this appointment comes as a result of a recent vacancy and staff are requesting the appointment of two deputy chiefs for the department.
“Due to the geographical distance between Northern Bruce Peninsula Fire and Emergency Services’ two fire stations (Tobermory and Lion’s Head) it is believed having two deputy chiefs will improve service delivery, communication, team building training and succession planning,” says the report.
Tiernan is the current District Fire Chief of Station 10 in Tobermory, and Catley is the District Fire Chief for Station 20 in Lion’s Head.
“Both have great experience and I am looking forward to working with them,” says Burt.