July 16, 2001 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (SH2001-46) FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION R. Steve Huffman Public Information Officer (251) 208-5806/Fax: (251) 208-5813 E-Mail: huffman@cityofmobile.org MOBILE FIRE CHIEF ELECTED VICE PRESIDENT Stephen A Dean, Fire Chief of Mobile Fire-Rescue Department was elected 2nd Vice President for the Southeastern Association of Fire Chiefs (SEAFC) during their Annual conference July 8-12, 2001. The 73rd annual conference was held recently by the SEAFC in Nashville, Tennessee. Dean was elected among his peers who are members of the SEAFC and will serve a one year term as 2nd Vice President at which time he will move up to 1st Vice President and then serve as President. Dean has been with the Mobile Fire-Rescue Department for approximately 26 years and has been Chief of the department since June of 1999. He has a BPS degree in Fire Administration from Memphis State University and a Master of Public Administration from the University of South Alabama. The SEAFC is a division of the International Association of Fire Chiefs and is comprised of fire departments in the following states: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, U.S. Virgin Islands, Virginia, West Virginia. For more information on the Southeastern Association of Fire Chiefs go to http://www.seafc.org/. The mission of the SEAFC is To provide leadership, education, information, and networking to career and volunteer chief fire officers and managers of Emergency Service Organizations throughout the southeastern division of the International Association of Fire Chiefs. ###