J. Scott Vowell was recently appointed chief of Fire Protection Operations at the Y-12 National Security Complex.
Vowell, who joined the Y-12 staff in 1993, has been assistant fire chief and fire captain, a press release said. He has also served as a fire inspector at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
The Clinton native served on the Clinton City Emergency 911 Board from 1997 to 2001 and was a firefighter with the Clinton Fire Department for seven years.