(KAIR)--Atchison Fire Chief Ted Graf is resigning from the Atchison Fire Department’s top spot, but will remain with the department.
According to a news release issued Wednesday afternoon by the City of Atchison, Graf will step down from his current position Friday, January 8, but will remain as a Captain.
According to the release, Graf said he is ready to move away from the administrative aspects of the job, “and get back to working with a shift again.”
Graf, in the release, said he misses going out on calls and being able to directly help people.
Graf has been with the department since March 1993, twice serving as interim Chief before being named to the position permanently in November 2016.
City Manager Becky Berger said that Deputy Chief Pat Weishaar will lead the department on an interim basis beginning Jan. 9.
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