{"id":1196537,"date":"2023-01-24T07:59:43","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T13:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1196537"},"modified":"2023-01-25T10:49:31","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T16:49:31","slug":"smith-county-esd-2-hires-new-fire-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1196537","title":{"rendered":"Smith County ESD 2 hires new fire chief"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1196538\" src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/01\/scfireericgreaser-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>SMITH COUNTY &#8212; Smith County Emergency Services District 2 announced on Monday a new fire chief was hired \u00e2\u20ac\u0153after an extensive search.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d According to our news partner KETK, Fire Chief Eric Greaser assumed the role on Jan. 9. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I am honored to be of service to the citizens of Smith County and the members of Smith County ESD 2,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Greaser said. According to the department, Greaser comes to Smith County with over 30 years of fire service and most recently served as the fire chief for the town of Flower Mound.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Chief Greaser places a strong focus on the department\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s mission of service and emergency response to the citizens of Smith County,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d the department said in a release. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153This focus is enhanced by working to improve training for both volunteer and paid staff and raising the bar on credentialing standards.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Greaser is a designated \u00e2\u20ac\u0153chief fire officer\u00e2\u20ac\u009d of the Center for Public Safety Excellence and is a graduate of the Texas A&amp;M \u00e2\u20ac\u0153fire service chief executive officer\u00e2\u20ac\u009d program.<\/p>\n<p>The department was formed in 2007 and is the primary funding source for 11 contracted Smith County volunteer fire departments such as: Arp VFD, Bullard VFD, Chapel Hill VFD, Dixie VFD, Flint Gresham VFD, Jackson Heights VFD, Noonday VFD, Red Springs VFD, Troup VFD, Winona VFD and Whitehouse VFD.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SMITH COUNTY &#8212; Smith County Emergency Services District 2 announced on Monday a new fire chief was hired \u00e2\u20ac\u0153after an extensive search.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d According to our news partner KETK, Fire Chief Eric Greaser assumed the role on Jan. 9. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I am honored to be of service to the citizens of Smith County and the members of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1196537\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Smith County ESD 2 hires new fire chief<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":1196544,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/01\/scfireericgreaser-150x150.png","fifu_image_alt":"Smith County ESD 2 hires new fire chief","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1196537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-09 10:36:02","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/01\/scfireericgreaser-150x150.png","fifu_image_alt":"Smith County ESD 2 hires new fire chief","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1196537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1196537"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1196537\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1196727,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1196537\/revisions\/1196727"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1196544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1196537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1196537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1196537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}