Rufus Summers, former interim Katy fire chief, dies

CITY OF KATY, Texas (Covering Katy News) — Rufus Summers, who modernized the Katy Fire Department as its interim chief from 2013-16, died March 4. He was 86.

Two former Katy mayors remembered him Tuesday as “the right man at the right time.”

Mayor Fabol Hughes, who served from 2013-17, said Katy had a volunteer fire department in those days and city leaders wanted to transform the department into a full-time, professional operation…

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