When former Cobb Fire Chief was appointed interim Cobb Public Safety Director last August, one of his deputies, William Johnson, was named interim fire chief.
On Tuesday the Cobb Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to formally appoint Johnson to the position, which oversees fire and emergency services.
Johnson has been in Cobb for more than 26 years, according to his official biography, and started out at the rank of firefighter/paramedic.
He’s worked his way up as an engineer, lieutenant, captain and battalion chief, and in 2016, was appointed deputy chief of preparedness.
Johnson hold a bachelor’s degree from Columbia Southern University in fire science. He is a University of Georgia’s Carl Vinson Institute of Government EXCEL graduate.
Johnson also is part of the 2019 class of Leadership Cobb.
He’s lived in Cobb County all his live, graduating from McEachern High School, and still lives in West Cobb with his wife and two children.
Johnson is a founding committee member of the United Leadership Program and a lifetime Silver Member of the NAACP.
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