The Salina Fire Department is proud to announce that David Turner hasbeen selected for promotion to the rank of Battalion Chief.

Fire Chief Larry Mullikin stated “David Turner has clearly demonstrated the strength of character, leadership, and dedication that will serve him, and the community well in his new position as Battalion Chief. I am very pleased to welcome David into the Chief Officer ranks.”

The promotional process involved two interviews and a written exercise. The written exercises were sent to two outside fire chiefs for grading.  All three candidates met the minimum requirements for the position.

The evaluation of the candidates required each chief officer to ‘weigh in’ on their impression of the candidates along with their strengths and weaknesses. Through a very systematic review and discussion, the Chiefs of Staff recommended the promotion of David Turner to the rank of Battalion Chief.

Battalion Chief Turner has served the City of Salina Fire Department for the past 19 years. He also serves Salina County Fire District #5 as the Fire Chief.

Over his career Turner has continued to enhance his skills in areas such as budgeting, apparatus specifications and purchasing development,  incident command, leadership and outreach programs.

Battalion Chief Turner will be assigned to Shift 2 and will be transitioning into his newly assigned position, this assignment comes with the retirement announcement of Battalion Chief Jim Weese. Battalion Chief will be retiring on March 15th, 2011.