06/02/2004 - www.wmctv.com

Talford gets top EMA job

A fired Memphis Fire Department Deputy Director is the new EMA Director for Shelby County.

Claude Talford confirmed to Action News Five he accepted the job formerly held by Clint Buchanan. Talford was fired in January after twenty four years with the department.

The city denied the firing had anything do with a series of racially charged emails between Talford and the head of the Progressive Black Firefighters Association.
 

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