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ROSeT�i�le flre chief is lOne finalist for Burnsville j ob k' 1 34 �}. F ..�?��2�: .�.'. . � .} i� �?~ _ Rosevalle fire chief is lone finalist for Burnsville job Posted: 8/26/OS by John Gessner T�aisweek Newspapers = �� Page 1 of 2 Roseville Fire Chief Richard B. Gasaway is the lone finalist in the search for a new Burnsville fire chief. Gasaway will now meet with City Manager Craig Ebeling, who will malce the hiring decision. The new chief will replace Ron Payne, who retired at the end of May. Assistant Chief Steve Harklerode, who's been acting chief in Payne's absence, didn't apply for the top job. None of the �� applicants were from the department, said Jill Hansen, director of human resources. Three of the i0 were invited for interviews Monday with a panel of department members and a panel of community and city government representatives. Each candidate also gave a presentation to the City Council. Gasaway was the clear favorite of all the groups, Hansen said. He's been Roseville's chief since �999 and was chief of the Springfield Township Fire Department in Akron, Ohio, from ��4 to 1999• Gasaway earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from West Virginia University in 1983 and a master of business .administration from the University of Dayton in 1989. His career in firefighting and emergency medical servicebegan in ig79 in Weirion, W.Va., where he served until 1987 with the Ambulance and Rescue Squad and Fire Department. In the early 1980s Gasaway also served with the Star City Fire Department _ and Monongalia County Emergency Medical Services in West Virginia. He was a senior banlcing officerwith Banlc One Carp. in Columbus, Ohio, from 1984 to xggo, when he was hired as the chief in , SpringfieldTownsl�i�. • � � � • � , , . In lcoseville, Gasaway is credited with developing a staffing pi•ogram that imp�ov�c�, response times, increasing efficiency ': through new dispatching protocols, and improving the department's training � �r,}��, In 2003 he was appointed by President Bush to a four-year term on the federal Public Safety Officer's Medal of Valor Review Board. John Gessner is at burnsville.�hisweek@ecin-inc.corn, Top of Page Checic out this weelc's newspaperfor more about your community. Thisweek Newspapers 12190 County Road �1, Burnsville, MN 55337 Telephone: 952-894-1111 Fax: 952-846-2010 News... nil7tr,�] � hs��; r?ti�rw��. r��k� i] I�cita�i�aJ I, corx��r�s�vili�f�re �i�l�t�rs .�i77: ��b"��f�de��R. ��.�� 'fii�]TJ� i�xv��, ... i�? ��5