Riverside selects ex-Mason firefighter as chief

Jan. 30--Riverside City Council is expected to appoint a former Mason firefighter as fire chief this week.

Former Mason Fire Department Deputy Chief Dan Stitzel is listed on Riverside's upcoming council meeting agenda as the final candidate for fire chief.

Stitzel, who lives in Enon, is a private fire investigator for the insurance industry, a job he began part time in August 2014 and took on full time in May 2015.

From 2012 to 2015 he served as the Mason Fire Department deputy chief. Prior, Stitzel served from 1988 to 2012 in the Huber Heights Fire Division, beginning as a firefighter and leaving as an acting battalion chief. He is a current adjunct professor at Sinclair Community College and Clark County reserve deputy sheriff.

The Riverside fire chief position became vacant when then-Chief Mark Carpenter became interim city manager in July. As city manager, Carpenter earns $100,000 per year, is the director of public safety and an active member of the fire department. As fire chief, he earned a gross pay of $83,079 in 2014.

Stitzel was one of three candidates under consideration, the newspaper learned last month. Jefferson Twp. Fire Department Chief Larry Sexton, former National Center for Medical Readiness Associate Director Jack E. Smith II were the other two candidates.

The meeting and work session will be held beginning at 6 p.m. Thursday.

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