New Salisbury City Fire Chief announced

SALISBURY, Md. – The City of Salisbury has announced the hiring of Rob Frampton as the City’s new Fire Chief.

Frampton is a 24-year veteran of the Salisbury Fire Department and has served in numerous roles, including Assistant Chief and Acting Deputy Chief.

Frampton says he has three main pillars for his focus moving forward: taking advantage of new and existing technology as the department moves forward, the health and safety of department members, and mental well-being of department members.

“It is a tremendous opportunity and it’s very humbling,” Frampton said. “I’m extremely proud and thankful to all my coworkers, friends and family for their support, not just in this process, but for years. I started out as a volunteer and progressed through the department. This shows others in the department that you can join as a volunteer, work your way up, get the education and training you need, be in leadership and even become the Fire Chief in the end — all right here.”

He continued by saying, “I feel like I am well prepared and we have a great team and cadre of company and chief-level officers who are there to support this transition from an excellent Fire Chief in John Tull to the new leadership. I’m focused on bringing a family philosophy to the department. Every shift or work group I have been a part of has been a family. I feel like there is a direction we can take to make sure that we have a department of 100-plus that is one large family.”