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Gwinnett Fire To Get New Chief, Revamped Facility

Snyder will replace the retiring Myers as chief effective May 25.

Gwinnett Fire and Emergency Services, which serves Suwanee and almost all of Gwinnett's 805,000 residents, is getting a new leader and a revamped facility.

Gwinnett officials announced Tuesday that Casey Snyder, a 24-year veteran of the department, will replace Bill Myers, who will retire on May 24 after 30 years with the county.

Also, the county announced that a $1.3 million expansion of Gwinnett’s Fire Academy will begin this summer.

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Snyder, who will oversee the department of 800 employees, began his career in emergency services in 1984.

“Casey Snyder is the ideal choice to lead Fire and Emergency Services," County Administrator Glenn Stephens said in a news release. "Like his predecessor, Bill Myers, whom we will miss greatly, Casey started as a firefighter with the department and took on increasing responsibility with each step in his career. I am impressed with Casey’s devotion to the organization as reflected in his balanced, achievement-oriented management style of open communication and shared leadership."

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The fire academy. which is on Braselton Highway in Dacula, will get a new driving course, at which firefighters will learn to maneuver fire engines, ladder trucks, ambulances and other emergency vehicles.

Southeastern Site Development Inc. was the low responsive bidder to handle the facility work.

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