The Burton Fire District promoted a Captain to Assistant Fire Chief on Tuesday!
Burton Fire said Tuesday morning Assistant Fire Chief Joslyn Kenyon was promoted to her current rank during a ceremony attended by her husband and coworkers.
Her husband, who is currently a Battalion Chief and training officer for the Ladyโs Island/St. Helena Fire District, had the honor of pinning on her new badge.
Assistant Fire Chief Kenyon oversees the Burton Fire Districtโs emergency medical program.
โAssistant Chief Kenyon has been in the emergency services for over 16 years serving in both the private and public industry, including working as a paramedic for Global Medical Response (GMR) Navada Coal Mines. Prior to coming to Burton in 2024, Chief Kenyon also worked for GMR as a critical care flight paramedic, and has served on the South Carolina Lowcountry Firefighter Support Team assisting firefighters and their families throughout the state. In 2019, then Firefighter/Paramedic Kenyon, was part of a South Carolina Firefighter Mobilization and served on the Sumpter Landfill Recovery Task Force, and after a several month operation, located and helped return the remains of five-year-old Nevaeh Adams who was a victim of a homicide,โ detailed the Burton Fire District.
