SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) – Savannah Fire Chief Elzie Kitchen resigned his post on Friday, Sept. 19. Deputy Fire Chief William Handy has been named the interim Savannah Fire Chief.
Kitchen was the Department’s 36th fire chief. He served with Savannah Fire since 1998.
“On Friday, I accepted Chief Kitchen’s resignation due to personal matters and thanked him for his many years of dutiful service to the City of Savannah,” City Manager Jay Melder said. “Deputy Chief Handy has my full trust to lead the Savannah Fire Department in this interim period.”…