By BOB SHRALUKA
WZBD.com
Decatur Fire Chief Jeff Sheets has announced the promotion of Taylor Gage as the department’s Training Captain.
Gage, 34, has spent 16 years in the fire service, beginning with a four-year term as a member of the Preble Volunteer Fire Department.
After four years as a volunteer with the Decatur FD, he has spent the past eight years as a full-time member of the department.
A 2007 graduate of Bellmont High School, Gage has an Associate’s Degree in Fire Science.
Taylor and his wife, the former Brean Smith, have two children, ages three and one.
He is the owner-operator of TG Concrete.
(In photo, Gage is sworn in by city Clerk-Treasurer Phyllis Whitright, while his wife and daughter hold the Bible.)