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HARKER HEIGHTS ANNOUNCES INTERIM FIRE CHIEF
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HARKER HEIGHTS, TX ??After 6 years of dedicated service to the citizens of Harker Heights, Fire Chief Paul D. Sims retired from the Harker Heights Fire Department on April 28, 2023.? Chief Sims retired from the Texas Municipal Retirement System and will remain in the fire services but within a different retirement system.
Sims, who has served as Harker Heights Fire Chief since 2016, has accepted a position as Assistant Fire Chief with Montgomery County Emergency Services District #9 Caney Creek Fire & Rescue within Montgomery County.?
City Manager, David Mitchell, has announced that Deputy Fire Chief, Cindy Hicks has agreed to serve as the Interim Fire Chief for the City of Harker Heights.?? Hicks joined the Harker Heights Fire Department in 1994 and moved through the ranks before serving in her current role as Deputy Fire Chief.
"We look forward to Interim Chief Hicks? continued leadership within the department.? Cindy has been instrumental in the many advancements of the Harker Heights? Fire Department to include major renovations to both fire stations, implementation of a training plan for all firefighters, and the development of a tenure-based pay plan.? We have the utmost confidence in her ability to lead this department forward until a successor has been selected,? states Mitchell.
The City of Harker Heights is conducting a search currently for the next Fire Chief.?
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