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Show ads tonnes Foe1 EMM FARMINGTON - A Woods Cross police officer has been named new chief of Oie Davis County Fire Department by the Davis County Commission. Commis-sion. BRENT ARGYLE, a four- year police officer at Woods Cross and a veteran volunteer fireman, will assume his duties du-ties as fire chief on October 1. He will replace Russell (Buck) Earl as fire chief and will be the department's first fulltime, paid chief. His salary will be about $15,000. MR. ARGYLE has served as a volunteer fireman about 10 years. He served as a department lieutenant five years and has been a shift captain for the past seven months. "I appreciate the opportunity oppor-tunity to serve as a fulltime fire chief," he told the commission. com-mission. "I know I can work well with the men and I'd like to get their support in all that I do." HE SAID HE did not plan any major changes in departmental depart-mental procedures. "But I do plan to have a closer relationship with the men and to try and set up a good line of communications," communica-tions," he said. "I would like to continue with a good physical training program and be able to provide for the men as much of an on-going program as possible." Commission Chairman William Moss added: "WE HAVE some very good personnel and excellent fire fighting facilities but I believe the department can be upgraded in its fire inspection program. We also need to look to the future with an additional addi-tional substation in Woods Cross (which is in the planning plan-ning stage) and in Centerville and Val Verda. The new fire chief is an experienced Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) and is trained in fighting of refinery fire. He learned the latter as an employee of Caribou Oil Company for 10 years. A NATIVE OF Woods Cross he and his wife, Judy, have six children. They live at 1955 Sorrento Drive, Woods Cross. He is a graduate of Bountiful Boun-tiful High and attended Weber State College two years. He also served a 3-year mission in Germany for ' the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. |