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Authorization for the appointment and swearing in of Brian Marcos as Fire Chief for the City of Smyrna as a result of the retirement of Chief Roy Acree on July 29, 2022 and at the recommendation of the City Administrator, Joseph Bennett.
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Brian Marcos began his current tenure as the Deputy Fire Chief, and the Deputy Director of Emergency Management at the Smyrna Fire Department, in 2014. He began his career with the Smyrna Fire Department in 2006, being promoted through the ranks until his 2014 appointment to Deputy Fire Chief.
Brian holds a Chief Fire Officer Designation (CFO) from the Commission on Professional Credentialing, is a Certified Emergency Manager, a Georgia Certified Paramedic, and he is a Georgia Smoke Diver.
He currently serves as the Georgia State Director for the Southeastern Association of Fire Chiefs, President of the United Leadership Program, and is the Area 7 District Vice President for the Georgia Association of Fire Chiefs.
Brian has writings on public safety leadership topics that have received publication in national trade magazines. He is a graduate of Leadership Cobb (2017) and is serving as the 2022 Co-Vice Chair. He completed the Executive Leadership Program for Manager and Directors through Kennesaw State University (KSU).
In 2020, he was named the Chief Fire Officer of the Year by the Georgia Association of Fire Chiefs. That same year, he was named one of Cobb Life Magazines “20 under 40”, as well as one of the 50 Most Influential Hispanics in Georgia, by the Georgia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.
Marcos has an associate’s degree in Fire Science, a bachelor’s degree in Fire Administration, and is completing his master’s in Public Administration from Columbia Southern University. He recently celebrated 18 years of marriage to his wife Ashley, and has three children, Bryson, Kyla, and Levi.
RECOMMENDATION / REQUESTED ACTION: Authorization for the appointment and swearing in of Brian Marcos as Fire Chief for the City of Smyrna as a result of the retirement of Chief Roy Acree on July 29, 2022 and at the recommendation of the City Administrator, Joseph Bennett.