Marian McDaniels FIRST RESPONDER LEADER AWARD

On December 8, 2020, she was appointed Fire Chief, making her the 12th African American Female Fire Chief in the United States and not only the First African American but also the First Woman Fire Chief in the history of Rockdale County Fire Rescue

A native of Atlanta, Georgia, Marian McDaniel began her fire service career with the Atlanta Fire Rescue Department (1998) where during her tenure she held the following positions: Firefighter/Paramedic, Fire Lieutenant - Office of Professional Standards, Captain – Public Information Officer, Captain – Emergency Medical Service, Section Chief – Office of Professional Standards, and Assistant Chief - Emergency Medical Services

After her retirement from Atlanta Fire Rescue (September 2017), Marian joined Rockdale County Fire Rescue as the Deputy Fire Chief of Administration (October 2017) As Deputy Fire Chief, Marian was instrumental in the recruitment of more African American men and women into the Fire Service She accomplished this by hosting one of Rockdale County’s largest job fairs (2018). Rockdale County Fire Rescue have 142 personnel. Prior to the job fair, only five of Rockdale County Fire Rescue personnel were African American To date, there are 30 African American men and women serving the citizens and communities of Rockdale County Marian was also instrumental in the management of the department’s 11 million dollar budget in addition to the development and implementation of the department’s budget reduction strategies.

Fire Chief at Rockdale County Fire Rescue

Examples of her most highly regarded responsibilities relatetoachievingsomeofRCFR’sprimaryAdministrative Initiatives These initiatives will be instrumental in the success of the department both internally and externally Positioned under three Organizational Priorities (Emergency Preparedness and Response, Customer Service, and PIER - Public Information, Education, and Relations) are the following internal measures: Insurance Service Office Class Rating, and Target Hazard Identification/Preplanning Likewise, external measures include the Implementation of the Rockdale County EmergencyPreparednessInstitute,CitizensFireAcademy, Youth Explorers Program Website Enhancements, and PublicServiceAnnouncements

Her educational experiences consist of a Bachelor of Science in Emergency Management from Grand Canyon University (2010) and a Master of Science in Psychology with an Emphasis in Industrial and Organizational Psychology also from Grand Canyon University (2012) She is also a graduate of the Carl Holmes Executive Development Institute (2011) Marian is also a National andStatecertifiedParamedic

MarianisaproudmemberoftheStoneMountain-Lithonia Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc as well as a member of The National Coalition of 100 Black Women,INC-MECCAChapter

She has three beautiful children and three handsome grandsonswhoaffectionallycallherGigi