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Chester hires emergency management specialist to coordinate preparedness and industrial risk oversight

5461076 · July 24, 2025
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City of Chester introduced Brigitte Payne as its new emergency management specialist, a full-time position the city says will coordinate preparedness, response and mitigation with county and state partners and with local industrial operators.

City of Chester on July 23 introduced Brigitte Payne as the city’s new emergency management specialist, a full-time administrative position intended to lead preparedness, response, recovery and mitigation activities and to build relationships across municipal departments, county emergency management and state and federal partners.

Commissioner J.P. Shirley of the Chester Fire Department introduced Payne and said the position had been requested in internal memos dating back to 2009.…

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