New Washington Twp. fire chief sworn-in

Washington Township swore-in a new fire chief Monday night.

Deputy Chief Scott Kujawa has been with the department for 27 years and says his time spent there will help him in his new role.

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“The good thing is that I’m an internal candidate so I know how the department runs on a day-to-day basis so I could implement changes a little quicker than an external candidate would be able to,” he said.

Kujawa takes over for Chief Bill Gaul who is retiring after 40 years.

“I still want to get with my team, evaluate how we’ve done things in the past and determine if we need to improve them or build upon them for the future,” he said.

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Earlier this year, Kujawa received the Customer Service Award for Outstanding Individual from the Executive Committee of the Miami valley Fire/EMS Alliance.