John Selberg

John Selberg, who presently serves as fire chief for Germantown, has been selected as the new fire chief for Collierville. Selberg will take over July 1 from Collierville Chief Buddy Billings, who announced his retirement earlier this year. Selberg has been the fire chief for Germantown since August 2011. Selberg began his career with the Germantown Fire Department as a firefighter in 1980. He rose through the ranks to serve as fire lieutenant, battalion chief, fire marshal, and finally to assistant fire chief in 1990. He has also served as a task force leader for Tennessee Urban Search and Rescue Task Force One and was one of the firefighters who responded to the Pentagon on 9/11.