City Manager Toby Dougherty announced Friday the appointment of Shane Preston as the new deputy fire chief for the Hays Fire Department. He will assume his duties Nov. 13.

Preston comes to Hays from the city of Russell where he started as a firefighter in 2000. He worked his way up the ranks until May 2013 when he became Russell’s fire chief.

Preston comes to the City of Hays with an Associate of Applied Science and completion of KU’s Certified Public Manager program.