Town Manager Amanda Allen said Thursday that she hired Mike Booker of Jay as the new chief of Livermore Falls Fire Rescue Department. He will start his duties Thursday.
Booker is also chief of the Jay Fire Rescue Department and will lead the two departments separately.
It is not a collaboration, Allen said.
Booker will receive a $7,500 annual stipend as chief of the Livermore Falls department. He will also get $18.75 an hour per call for the on-call department.
Former Fire Rescue Chief Edward Hastings IV resigned in June to return to being a state fire investigator. Selectmen appointed Deputy Chief Scott Shink as interim chief.
Booker is paid $25,000 a year as Jay chief to be on call weekdays for emergency calls about 170 days a year, and handles extra duties due to a staff shortage. He gets no hourly stipend for calls.