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Donald Pannell has been selected as the new fire management consultant for the University of Tennessee’s Municipal Technical Advisory Service. Pannell will be serving out of MTAS’ Memphis office. He comes to MTAS after serving as the assistant fire marshal for the Memphis Fire Department since 2014...

D.J. Corcoran, public information officer for the Knoxville Fire Department, retired in December after 28 years of service. Corcoran comes from a family of firefighters with his father, grandfather, great-grandfather and several uncles all serving with the Knoxville Fire Department. In addition to...

Benton Young has been selected as the new chief of the Cookeville Fire Department. Young has been serving as the department’s interim chief since the retirement of previous Chief Daryl Blair in July. Young is a Cookeville native with 32 years of experience in the fire serving, showing the...