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Wednesday, July 27,2022
6A I DAWSON COUNTY NEWS I dawsonnews.com
FROM 1A
Chief
He will be leaving for a
battalion chief position
with the Roswell Fire
Department but will still
live in the Dawson area
with his family, he told
DCN Wednesday.
RFD announced
Thompson’s hiring as a
battalion chief in an earlier
July Facebook post, and
Dawson County has started
the search for someone to
fill his leadership position.
Applications are being
accepted until Tuesday,
July 26. An annual salary
of $77,780 is being adver
tised for the full-time Fire,
EMS and emergency man
agement position.
More information about
the job and application pro
cess is available through
the Dawson County HR
department’s “Job
Openings” webpage.
Thompson’s career thus
far in public service spans
over three decades. He’s
previously worked with fire
departments in Henry and
Butts counties, as well as
the Butts County Sheriff’s
Department and City of
McDonough Police.
Thompson started work
ing with RFD in 2007.
Meanwhile, he served as a
fire captain and training
officer at the Sandy Springs
Fire Department, from
which he retired in 2016.
From 2005 until 2018,
Thompson also worked for
the Parsons Corporation as
a Traffic Incident
Management Specialist and
as a project manager for the
South Carolina Department
of Transportation Traffic
Incident Management and
State Highway Emergency
Program.
In April 2018, Thompson
started the director position
in Dawson County. Five
years prior to being hired
for the full-time job, he
served as a volunteer fire
fighter and paramedic in
Dawson County.
During his stint as Fire &
EMS Chief and EMA
Director, Thompson helped
manage both sides of emer
gency services amidst con
tinued growth in the coun
ty. Like other such depart
ments over the past two
years, he’s been at the helm
of the department which
has grappled with operat
ing during the COVID-19
pandemic and acquiring
sufficient personnel and
supplies for the future.
Thompson wrote in his
resignation letter that he
appreciated the opportuni
ties that the Board of
Commissioners and
County Manager David
Headley were able to give
him by providing the Fire
& EMS leadership job.
“When I started four
years ago, I had one goal
and that was to make
Dawson County Fire/EMS
a premier department,”
Thompson said in his letter.
In his follow-up call with
DCN, Thompson called it a
“true honor and privilege of
working with some of the
best firefighters and para
medics that the state has.”
He reiterated his grati
tude for the Dawson oppor
tunity and looks forward to
seeing who will assume the
position next and steward
the growing county and
Fire & EMS department.
“I look forward to seeing
it (the department) grow as
a resident,” he said.
“It has been a pleasure to
work with Chief
Thompson over the past
four years,” David Headley
said. “He has been an asset
to the community and will
be greatly missed. We
wish him all the best.”
Jessica Taylor Dawson County News
Alexander Popp Dawson County News
Julia Fechter Dawson County News
Frrom top: Fire Chief Danny
Thompson, right, looks on
with kids and community
members as the new Engine
3 at Fire Station 3 off
Harmony Church Road is initi
ated during a ceremony in
August 2019. Dawson County
commissioners shared their
admiration and joy on March
4, 2021, at the opening of the
new Fire Station 8.
Commissioner Sharon
Fausett shares her gratitude
for one of the two new state-
of-the-art ambulances as Fire
Chief & EMA Director Danny
Thompson shows her the
med unit's specs. Fire Chief &
EMA Director Danny
Thompson and EMS Chief
Robby Lee stand in front of
one of Dawson County's two
newest ambulances.
Julia Fechter Dawson County News
