Mr. Chesterfield Mayers was the eighth appointed Serving Chief Fire Officer. Mr. Mayers entered the service on May 1, 1968, and received his first promotion a decade later when he went from fire officer to leading fire officer. His second promotion came in 1989 when he was promoted to the rank of sub-officer. In 1991, he moved to the rank of station officer the following year he was elevated to divisional officer. Then was promoted to the rank of Deputy Chief Fire Officer in April 2002 and Chief in October 2003. His “burning desire” was to see more fire officers receive training.
