Excerpts from 25newsnow.com:
Veronica Marmitt has been with the East Peoria Fire Department 18-years and rose to the rank of lieutenant in 2015. Her recent promotion to assistant fire chief comes just a couple of months after the Peoria Fire Department elevated a woman, Lore Baxter, to the role of Division Chief of Operations.
Two other East Peoria firefighters were promoted on Monday. Brad Reinhart and Sam Sauder were sworn in as lieutenants. Reinhart has been with the department for 11 years and Sauder is a 15-year member of the department.
