Turner tabbed for AFD assistant chief post

31 year department veteran starts new position Monday

ALBANY, GA- A familiar face will have a new place Monday at the Albany Fire Department with the recent promotion of Battalion Chief Kenneth Turner.

Turner has been promoted to the position of Assistant Fire Chief and will be in charge of Support Services when he starts his new position.

Turner is a 1989 Graduate of Dougherty High School and began his career with the Albany Fire Department in December of 1990. Over his almost 31 years of service, Turner has been stationed at all 11 stations and worked on all three shifts.

Among his professional accolades, Turner received a lifesaving accommodation from the Woodman of the World INS Company and was the first recipient of the Award of Valor for rescue during Albany’s historic flood.

Assistant Chief Turner has an associate degree in Fire Science from West Georgia Technical College with Honors. He is also a graduate of Columbia Southern University, where he obtained a bachelor’s degree in Fire Science, Magna Cum Laude.

“We are very excited to have Chief Tuner join our executive team and we are also very happy that he is bringing his almost 31 years of experience to Fire Administration to help us lead our department into the future,” says Albany Chief Cedric Scott.