Excerpts from the ChicagoTribune.com:

Aurora aldermen voted to appoint Battalion Chief John Gilbert as deputy fire chief and Captain Javan Cross as fire marshal.

Gilbert is replacing Deputy Chief Tom Griener, who retired along with Fire Chief John Lehman earlier this year. Lehman was replaced by Gary Krienitz, who was Aurora’s fire marshal.

Cross is a 1991 graduate of East Aurora High School, and has served in the Aurora Fire Department for 18 years. Beginning as a firefighter and paramedic in 1997, Cross also became a fire investigator in 2004. He served in those dual roles until 2009, when he was promoted to lieutenant. Five years later, in 2014, he was promoted to captain.

Gilbert has been with the Aurora Fire Department for 27 years, beginning as a firefighter and paramedic in 1989. In 2003, he was promoted to lieutenant, and in 2010 he was promoted to captain. In 2014, Gilbert became battalion chief.

 

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