CHARLOTTESVILLE (WINA) – Already in the market for a police chief, Charlottesville will be looking for a new fire chief soon. Not even two years serving as Charlottesville’s fire chief, Hezedean Smith issued a letter to staff that he’s leaving to become fire chief in Polk County, FL. While the letter doesn’t say when his last day will be, Mayor Lloyd Snook tells NBC29 it will be sometime in mid-October.
Smith started work as Charlottesville’s fire chief December 1, 2020 after serving in the Orlando, FL fire department for 24 years. Polk County, which is the Lakeland-Winter Haven metro area, is just southwest of Orlando.
