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New fire chief appointed By David Lea OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF The Town of Oakville announced Monday that Lee Grant is the town's new fire chief. Grant, who has served as a deputy fire chief of the Oakville Fire Department since 2008. He has been acting fire chief since Richard Boyes stepped down in June. Grant assumes his new role immediately. Lee Grant "Oakville has an exceptional team of firefighters and I'm proud to work "There are lots of great things with them," said Grant. about the job," said Grant. "It's an honour to accept this "The fact that every day is different appointment." is one thing. Whether you are manGrant brings more than 31 years of agement or a firefighter, you have experience to his new position. different challenges and different Originally a licenced mechanic, experiences every day of the week. Grant said many of his customers were There is also the overall satisfaction firefighters who often talked to him you get from managing a service about what their jobs were like. whose only goal is to make things These tales resonated with Grant better for people on what is probably who joined the Peterborough Fire the worst day of their (lives), whether Department in 1980. it's a car accident or a house fire or a In Peterborough, Grant worked his medical call." way through the ranks of the city's fire During his 13 years as fire chief for service, serving as fire prevention offi- the City of Peterborough, Grant mancer, chief fire prevention officer and, aged the 2002 and 2004 Peterborough eventually, chief. flood disasters and led the city's emergency recovery team. He also headed the team that provided emergency accommodation for 132 Kashechewan evacuees during the 2005 drinking water crisis. Grant said he decided to move to the Oakville Fire Department because he felt he had achieved all that he could as chief in Peterborough. He also said moving to Oakville allowed him to work more on the aspects of the job he enjoyed, such as management of the delivery of fire suppression. "Town council is pleased to welcome Chief Grant to this position and we look forward to working with him," said Oakville Mayor Rob Burton. "This was a competitive recruitment process and the Town is confident Chief Grant has the skills and experience to continue to provide firstclass emergency and fire protection service to the community." Some of Grant's short-term goals for the Oakville Fire Department include maintaining the high level of f fire service the town currently enjoys and preparing the department for Oakville's ongoing expansion. Grant lives in Burlington, is married and has five children. 13 · Wednesday, December 7, 2011 OAKVILLE BEAVER · www.insideHALTON.com FOOT PAIN? ROGER D. 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