USFA COO Burris Appointed FEMA Region IV Director

Washington, D.C., October 24, 2001 — Kenneth O. Burris Jr., chief operating officer of the U.S. Fire Administration (USFA,) has been appointed director of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Region IV, headquartered in Atlanta. Region IV oversees agency operations in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee.

Burris has been chief operating officer of the USFA since September 1999. Before joining FEMA, Burris, a 22-year veteran of the fire service, served as fire chief in Marietta, Georgia, for nine years. He held senior positions with the International Association of Fire Chiefs and the Georgia Association of Fire Chiefs and is a past president of the Southeastern Association of Fire Chiefs.

Large House in Fort Worth (TX) Partially Collapses During Fire

Fort Worth firefighters battled a fire at a large house in the affluent Crestline neighborhood, near the River Crest Country Club, early Wednesday.
Hutchinson Kansas fire

Man Arrested After KS Fire That Killed Two

A man was arrested on Monday in connection with a deadly Hutchinson house fire on Saturday where a woman and girl died.