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Kissimmee Fire Department promotes battalion chief of training and two lieutenants amid shift-schedule changes

5969390 · October 21, 2025
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The Kissimmee Fire Department swore in Chris Klem as battalion chief of training and promoted two lieutenants as part of staffing changes tied to a shift-schedule change adopted earlier by the commission.

The Kissimmee City Commission recognized promotions in the Kissimmee Fire Department Oct. 20, swearing in Chris Klem as the city’s first battalion chief of training and promoting Taylor Bruno and Jamie Steffan to lieutenant.

Chief Walls told commissioners the promotions follow a fire-assessment-driven change that reduced weekly firefighter hours from a 56-hour to a 42-hour…

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