Lincoln City Council approved the promotion of three firefighters and the hiring of a fourth on Monday night.
The new firefighter will fill the vacancy left by the recently announced retirement of Captain Larry Spurling. Chief Miller said Monday that the new hire will be in for orientation this week and is expected to join a regular shift within a few weeks. He also announced that the department would begin testing for new firefighter candidates this June.
Lieutenant Ty Johnson was promoted to Captain, effective immediately, and firefighter Brett Tripplett became the department’s newest lieutenant. Miller said that, within his new position, Johnson would be doing job performance reviews and training for A-shift.
When it was Tripplett’s turn to go before the room, raise his right hand and be sworn-in, the Chief told the aldermen that the new lieutenant would be on C-shift and taking firefighters through local commercial buildings (referencing the department’s efforts to gain a better familiarity with the structures and conditions present in each in case of a larger scale emergency).
Additionally, firefighter Robert Wood was promoted to Fire Inspector. Miller told the council that Wood would be working on B-Shift.