March 25, 2019
By: Dwayne Page
The DeKalb County Volunteer Fire Department has its first ever female officer.
During Monday night’s regular monthly county commission meeting, County Fire Chief Donny Green announced that Kristie Johnson has been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant.
“After meeting stringent leadership testing and training requirements, Kristie Johnson was promoted to Lieutenant on March 11. During officer testing Kristie successfully passed all phases of written testing and practical skills testing. She has served with the department since 2011 and has served as a station commander and safety officer. We are proud to have Kristie as a member of our leadership team. She is the first ever female officer of the DeKalb County Fire Department since it began in 1975,” said Chief Green.
Other members of the fire department’s leadership team in addition to Chief Green and Lieutenant Johnson are Assistant Chief Anthony Boyd, Captains Jay Cantrell, Brian Williams and Michael Lawrence, and Lieutenant Dusty Johnson (Kristie’s husband) .