Fire department vet chosen for interim chief post

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Mayor-elect Adrian Fenty named a 21-year D.C. fire department veteran to run the agency until he can find a permanent fire chief.

Battalion Chief Brian K. Lee will serve as the District of Columbia’s interim fire chief while the mayor’s search committee sifts through a number of applicants, Fenty said Friday. Fenty said the search would likely last more than a month.

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