(MURFREESBORO) A shocking announcement came from City Hall that Murfresboro Fire-Rescue Chief Mark Foulks resigned to pursue other opportunities. Foulks resignation is effective immediately (7/20/2022)
According to a brief announcement from the City, Chief Mark Foulks resigned to pursue other opportunities.
As you recall, Foulks took over the leadership position with Murfreesboro Fire-Rescue on August 24, 2015 after having served as chief in Greenville for 9-years. Prior to that, he was assistant chief in Knoxville from 1990 to 2006.
He was almost 2-weeks shy of serving for 7-years as the Murfreesboro chief. In that time-frame, Foulks consistently built the local fire department to become one of the nation’s rare ones with an ISO rating of #1. It took years of preparation and planning, and now Murfreesboro Fire Rescue Department has the top ISO (Insurance Services Office) rating of 1/1X.
Murfreesboro is one of only 388 fire departments of the more than 50-thousand in the entire country to earn this top ranking. Here in the Volunteer State there are only seven.
Last year (2021), he was elected International Director for the Southeastern Association of Fire Chiefs (SEAFC).
Interim Chief Mark McCluskey
38-year Murfreesboro Fire-Rescue veteran, Assistant Chief Mark McCluskey, has been named interim chief.
City Manager Craig Tyndall emailed the news of Chief Foulks' resignation to city employees informing them of the change in leadership.
Tyndall said, "Mark and the MFRD team implemented many positive changes during the past seven years. These efforts place the department on solid footing to move forward and are greatly appreciated. We wish Mark the best as he pursues future opportunities."
Also a statement from Interim Chief McCluskey noted, "I’m grateful for the opportunity to serve as interim chief of the Murfreesboro Fire Rescue Department,” McCluskey said. “I’m looking forward to uniting the men and women of this department and moving forward. We will continue to provide the utmost professional service to the citizens and visitors of Murfreesboro.”
