A veteran firefighter from Commerce has been chosen to lead the Gwinnett County Fire Department.
Russell Knick will succeed Casey Snyder, who is retiring after 29 years of service to Gwinnett County. Knick, a 24-year veteran of the county's Department of Fire and Emergency Services, assumes his new role on May 6.
He began his career with Gwinnett County in 1990 in the Sheriff’s Office before transferring to the Department of Fire and Emergency Services in 1993. Knick has served for the past three years as assistant chief for the operations division, the department’s largest division consisting of more than 850 sworn personnel, 31 fire stations, and the Fire Academy. He previously held positions of fire academy director and district commander in the chief’s office.
