NEWTON COUNTY – Newton County Fireplace Companies has introduced the promotion of Kregg Lumpkin to the position of Deputy Chief of Operations, efficient Dec. 3, 2024. Lumpkin was the Division Chief of Coaching since 2021.
Lumpkin’s journey to Deputy Chief took many turns after graduating from the College of Georgia. He performed 5 years within the NFL with the Inexperienced Bay Packers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Seattle Seahawks and New York Giants earlier than retiring from soccer in 2013.
After the NFL, Lumpkin joined Clayton County Fireplace and Emergency Companies as a firefighter and paramedic in 2016 and started working part-time with Newton County in 2018.
Lumpkin will now oversee the division’s day by day operations and coaching part, together with managing staffing and response methods and guaranteeing the very best service supply requirements in his position as Deputy Chief of Operations. He can even play a key position in growing operational plans and coordinating efforts throughout NCFS hearth stations to proceed to satisfy the rising wants of Newton County.
“Kregg’s management fashion displays a dedication to our workforce’s skilled growth and our neighborhood’s well-being,” stated Newton County Fireplace Chief Royce Turner. “He’s well-respected by his friends, and I’m assured that his strategic imaginative and prescient and hands-on strategy will strengthen our hearth service operations as we transfer ahead.”
