All 27 applicants who took the civil service test for Shreveport fire chief passed. The list now goes to Mayor Cedric Glover, who plans to interview each of them before he makes his decision.
The mayor does not have a deadline for choosing the fire chief to succeed Kelvin Cochran, who retired at the end of the year to become fire in Atlanta, a spokeswoman said. David Glass is the interim fire chief but does not want the job permanently.
Thirty-two people applied to be fire chief and 27 wound up taking the test. All scored at least the minimum 75.
The top scorers were Scott Wolverton, chief safety officer of the Shreveport Fire Department, and Thomas Ezell, a fire training officer with the Monroe Fire Department. Both scored a 92.
Here are the other applicants and their test scores:
Brian A. Crawford, Shreveport Fire Department assistant to the chief; 91.
Nathan A. Tabor, Shreveport Fire Department assistant fire chief, 91.
Louis Johnson, Shreveport Fire Department assistant chief of training, 90.
Michael A. Cook, Shreveport Fire Department captain, 89.
Tommy L. Adams, Shreveport Fire Department district chief, 88.
Carroll J. Smith, Shreveport Fire Department assistant fire chief, 86.
Mark A. Guastella, Shreveport Fire Department captain, 85.
Derrick T. Harris, Shreveport Fire Department fire inspector, 85.
Jim G. Miller, retired Shreveport Fire Department chief of aviation task force, 85.
Charles J. Pinkston IV, Shreveport Fire Department fire training officer, 85.
Kerry W. Foster, Shreveport Fire Department district chief, 84.
Eric C. Montgomery, Bastrop Fire Department fire chief, 84.
Russell J. Moon, Shreveport Fire Department assistant chief of inspections, 83.
James A. Hall, Shreveport Fire Department, assistant chief of fire prevention, 82.
Terry L. Williams, Monroe Fire Department administrative assistant to the fire chief, 80.
Tracy L. Johnson, Shreveport Fire Department fire training officer, 80.
James D. Patterson, Shreveport Fire Department district fire chief, 79.
Fredrick Sanders, Shreveport Fire Department investigator/bomb squad, 79.
Rex A. Shamburger, Shreveport Fire Department captain, 79.
Kenny M. Menyweather, Monroe Fire Department captain, 79.
Boyce Smith Jr., Zachary Fire Department chief of operations, 79.
Harold G. Robinson Jr., Shreveport Fire Department recruiting officer, 77.
Ronald C. Johnson, retired Fulton County, Ga. Fire Department battalion chief, 77.
Michael W. Taylor, Shreveport Fire Department captain, 76.
Roderick T. Casey, Shreveport Fire Department captain, 75.
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