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Councilors ask to rename Creighton Fire Station for Deputy Chief Alexander G. Trenier; administration says family contacted
Summary
After the Mobile Fire and Rescue Department announced the death of Deputy Chief Alexander G. Trenier, a councilor asked the council to consider renaming Creighton Station in his honor; the administration and a council member said the family has already been contacted and staff are working toward the change.
A councilor at the Mobile City Council meeting on Feb. 20 asked the council and administration to begin a petition to rename Creighton Fire Station for Deputy Chief Alexander G. Trenier following an announcement of his death.
The Mobile Fire and Rescue Department announced Trenier's death and recounted his years of service to the department. During a point of personal privilege, a councilor asked that a petition to rename Creighton Station begin immediately and requested "an answer within two weeks, please." The speaker's name is not clearly identified in the public transcript.
Council Member Penn replied that he had already spoken with Fire Chief Johnny Morris and with chief staff, and that "we are already in the process in making that happen. ... The family has already been contacted as well," according to the meeting record. District 1 council remarks later in the meeting reiterated the Trenier family's long history of service to the city's fire department and said the district would work toward changing the station name following a celebration of life.
No formal resolution or vote to rename the station was recorded in the meeting minutes. The record indicates the administration and councilmembers plan to follow up with the family and proceed after the family's celebration of life; the meeting did not set a formal date for action or a required process for renaming.
Deputy Chief Alexander G. Trenier was described in the meeting as having joined the Mobile Fire Department in April 1987 and rising through the ranks, most recently serving as deputy district chief. The meeting record lists surviving family members as wife Donna, daughter Jennifer, and son John Michael, who serves as a captain on Engine 14.
At the Feb. 20 session the council did not vote on a renaming ordinance; the matter was presented as a request and as administrative follow-up rather than a formal council action.
