Fire marshal chosen for memorial planning
Topeka ? Gov. Kathleen Sebelius on Wednesday appointed Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Marshal Rich Barr to a committee that makes recommendations on a planned memorial to firefighters.
The Kansas Firefighters Memorial Advisory Committee advises state officials concerning the memorial to Kansas firefighters that will be built on the Capitol grounds. The committee also makes recommendations to the governor and Legislature regarding the recognition of firefighters in Kansas.
Barr became a firefighter in 1977 and has been the Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Marshal since 1985.
Sebelius also appointed Vicki Zielinski, of Topeka, to the firefighters committee. She is a fire inspector for the Topeka Fire Department.
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