Boardman Fire Chief George Brown has submitted his resignation after serving four years in the office.
      Brown was added to the Fire Department in May, 2011, after serving in Howland Township for more than two decades.
      During his tenure at Boardman, Chief Brown was responsible for reducing overtime use and abuse at that department that under former Chief James Dorman, cost the township hundreds of thousands of dollars.
      Chief Brown led the department in the purchase of a new aerial truck, and he increased the department’s visibility in the community through a smoke detector campaign.
      Chief Brown was the author of a grant that was approved to provide more than $600,000 for the creation of a volunteer fire force in the township. However, those grant monies were later withdrawn, because the department had no volunteer force.
      Volunteer firemen in Boardman Township were run out of their jobs more than a decade ago by full-time fire-fighters, as was noted in a study conducted by Tri Data several years ago, A volunteer fire force could save the township hundreds of thousands of dollars, if ever implemented.
      Most recently, Chief Brown was the driving force behind the construction of a new main fire station in the township.
      Boardman Trustees Thomas Costello, Brad Calhoun and Larry Moliterno indicate they would like to appoint a new fire chief from within the Boardman Fire Department.