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<br />Roseville fire chief is lone finalist for Burnsville job <br /> <br />Page I of2 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />H""'Jl'U.~,' fiN' N.'U'.\ j'J,'/',;'r ,\-!ojlX <br /> <br />Roseville fire chief is lone finalist for Burnsville job <br />Posted: 8/26/05 <br /> <br />by John Gessner <br />Thisweek Newspapers <br /> <br />Roseville Fire Chief Richard B. Gasaway is the lone finalist in the search for a new Bnrnsville fire chief. <br /> <br />Gasaway will now meet with City Manager Craig Ebeling, who will make the hiring decision. <br /> <br />The new chief will replace Ron Payne, who retired at the end of May. Assistant Chief Steve Harklerode, who's been acting chief <br />in Payne's absence, didn't apply for the top job. <br /> <br />None of the 10 applicants were from the department, said Jill Hansen, director of human resources. <br /> <br />Three of the 10 were invited for interviews Monday with a panel of department members and a panel of community and city <br />government representatives. Each candidate also gave a presentation to the City Council. <br /> <br />Gasaway was the clear favorite of all the groups, Hansen said. <br /> <br />He's been Roseville's chief siuce 1999 and was chief of the Springfield Township Fire Department in Akron, Ohio, from 1990 to <br />1999. <br /> <br />,asaway earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from West Virginia University in 1983 and a master of business <br />_dministration from the University of Dayton in 1989. <br /> <br />"t, <br /> <br />His career in firefighting and emergency medical service began in 1979 in Weirton, W.Va., where he served unti11987 with the <br />Ambulance and Rescue Squad and Fire Department. In the early 1980s Gasaway also served with the Star City Fire Department <br />and Monongalia County Emergency Medical Services in West Virginia. ~ <br /> <br />He was a senior banking officer with Bank One Corp. in Columbus, Ohio, from 1984 to 1990, when he was hired as the chief in <br />Springfield To)"nship. . ;. ; ,;' ; ; ; <br /> <br />In ,Roseville, Gasaway is credited with developing a staffing p!,ognim that impri:>,Ved response times, increasing efficiency <br />through new dispatching protocols, and improving the department's training program. <br /> <br />In 2003 he was appointed by President Bush to a four-year term on the federal Public Safety Officer's Medal of Valor Review <br />Board. <br /> <br />John Gessner is at burnsville.thisweek@ecm-inc.com. <br /> <br />Top of Page <br /> <br />Check out this week's newspaper for more about your community. <br /> <br />.Thisweek Newspapers <br />12190 County Road 11, Burnsville, MN 55337 <br />Telephone: 952-894-1111 Fax: 952-846-2010 <br /> <br />News... <br /> <br />rnhtml:http://www.rosevillecityhall.com/rosevillefirefighters.com/web%20files/08.26.05%20Thisweek,... 10/24/2005 <br />