Harris County Emergency Services District No. 29—also known as Champions Emergency Services District—will hire Dan Shelor as the district's first full-time paid fire chief effective July 24.
Shelor, who has served as the district's part-time fire chief since May 2010, has served the community in various capacities throughout his career beginning as a volunteer firefighter with the Champions Area Volunteer Fire Department in 1987 at the age of 17. Over the past 33 years, Shelor has climbed the ranks having served as a lieutenant, captain, assistant fire chief, fire chief and president of the board until 2010 when ESD 29 became the area's direct service provider.
Shelor has also served as a volunteer, dispatcher and communications manager for Cypress Creek Emergency Medical Services as well as an arson investigator with the Harris County Fire Marshal's Office. Shelor attended the Harris County Sheriff's Office Academy in 1991 and has since served in various law-enforcement positions with the police departments for the cities of Bellaire and West University Place. This year Shelor is retiring from law enforcement with 29 years of service.
A member of Kinsmen Lutheran Church, Shelor married his wife, Marie, in 1998, and the couple has two children, Morgan, 13, and Eli, 6.
