Houston (TX) Fire Chief Terry Garrison has accepted an offer to be the fire chief of the Glendale Fire Department in Arizona, according to news reports.
Garrison will assume his new position at the suburban Phoenix fire department on November 2, the Houston Chronicle reported.
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Appointed in 2010, Garrison announced in 2013 that he was stepping down to return to Phoenix and help care for his ailing grandson, but ultimately ended up staying on with the department. On May 31, 2013, the Houston Fire Department suffered its worst lost of life when a fire at the Southwest Inn killed four firefighters and injured 15 others.