Jeff Klein has been selected as the new director of the Wood County Emergency Management Agency. The Wood County Commissioners Doris Herringshaw, Craig LaHote, and Ted Bowlus announced the selection Monday.
The EMA director serves a key role in the coordination of local, state, and national resources that may be needed to mitigate, prepare for, respond to, and recover from the effects of a disaster. Klein, from Perrysburg, will begin his new role on March 29, with the retirement of current Director Brad Gilbert.
Klein currently serves as the deputy director of the Wood County Emergency Management Agency, beginning in 2017. He has 32 years of fire service experience having worked most recently for the City of Perrysburg, beginning in 1991, serving as a firefighter-paramedic, assistant fire chief, and 10 years as fire chief. He is a graduate of Bowsher High School, Columbia Southern University with a degree in Fire Science, and the Ohio Fire Executive Program.
