Video: Starkville Fire Chief Applicants

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STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) – Officials say ten applicants, including five Starkville firefighters, are vying to become the city’s next fire chief.

Personnel Director Randy Boyd tells The Commercial Dispatch the five internal candidates include Fire Marshal Stein McMullen, Battalion Chief Curtis Randle, Capt. Andy Sharp, Firefighter Heath Vaughn and Training Officer Charles Yarbrough.

Starkville’s human resources department also released the names of the external candidates – Jimmy N. Austin, Michael R. Chandler, Christopher D. Gale, Keith G. Juneau and Terry J. Tucker.

Of the five external candidates, three are currently working for fire departments in north Mississippi, and two are out-of-state applicants.

Former Chief Rodger Mann retired at the end of February, ending a 33-year career with the city.