Savannah chief earns leadership award

Greg Delahunty, deputy fire chief with Savannah's 165th Airlift Wing, is this year's recipient of the DOD 2007 Individual Award for Leadership. He was nominated by Fire Chief Tim Horton.

According to the nomination, "Since assuming his duties in August of 2006, Deputy Fire Chief Greg Delahunty's initiatives and superb leadership moved the fire department forward."

Delahunty assumed the duties after a sudden illness forced the retirement of his predecessor. With no transition period, he quickly and aggressively went about prioritizing critical projects that were left unfinished and delegated many of the tasks to those he knew could best handle the work load. This left Delahunty to focus on the future needs of the department as well as personally focusing on issues he felt was important.