Excerpts from the NorthwestIndianaGazette.com
Controversial Fire Chief Theresa Everett will be replaced in a ceremony … sources tell the Gazette. Communications Director Chelsea Whittington informed the Gazette that the mayor’s office would not comment on upcoming personnel changes but sources close within the department say that long time Gary Firefighter Paul Bradley will be named to the top post.
Everett has been controversial since her appointment to the position in 2012. Firefighers stated privately that they believed Everett’s ties to Freeman-Wilson weighed more in her appointment than her qualifications. Freeman-Wilson and Everett are both members of the same sorority. Everett was a finalist for a position with the Fulton County, Georgia Fire Department in 2013. Everett’s future plans were not known at the time of this article.
thanks Dan
#1 by Big Moe on February 24, 2015 - 7:20 PM
It’s not like she had a lot to work with. Half the stations are closed and half the rigs are broke down and half the rest goes unstaffed. That kind of stuff is on the city council and mayor, not the fire chief. How the Chief pee’s is hardly relevant to ones efficiency.
#2 by MM on February 22, 2015 - 5:49 PM
The scary thing now is that Debra Jarvis is teaching at the National Fire Academy’s Executive Fire Officer Program…..I hope they’re not being lead too far astray.
#3 by FARTIN' FRED on February 22, 2015 - 11:24 AM
Doesn’t sound like a very good track record of female Chiefs, lol
#4 by MM on February 22, 2015 - 12:51 AM
Oak Brook is still (more than a decade later) doing their best to clean up the mess she left. A prime example is their “Squad.” Ask any of the members what they think about that piece.
#5 by ffpm571 on February 21, 2015 - 11:42 PM
Homewood’s became Oak Brook’s problem Debbie Jarvis..
#6 by Brian on February 21, 2015 - 11:13 PM
Homewood had one about 15 years or so ago
#7 by FARTIN' FRED on February 21, 2015 - 11:03 PM
Never heard of a woman fire chief
#8 by Ken on February 21, 2015 - 10:49 PM
Thank you for sharing.
#9 by Mike on February 21, 2015 - 8:23 PM
That’s to bad that they’re getting rid of her. She was doing a wonderful job of running that place into the ground. Another year or two under her and there wouldn’t be a fire department left to worry about.