Emergency Services Director Announced

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Sarasota County's next Emergency Service director is scheduled to begin Aug. 4, and brings with him 25 years of public-safety experience. Tom Harmer, Sarasota County administrator, has announced that Rich Collins, the current Emergency Management director for Osceola, Fla., will fill the county's vacancy created by the retirement of Chief Mike Tobias. Collins was named the next director of Emergency Services after the county concluded a thorough search. Tobias, the former Emergency Services director, assisted Sarasota County during the interview and selection process.

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