Kelvin Cochran has led a remarkable life by any standard ... And In 2009 President Obama appointed him U.S. fire administrator, the top position in the profession.

Kelvin Cochran was five-years-old when he realized ... a position he served until 2009 when was called to serve in the Obama Administration as a fire administrator. In 2010 he returned to Atlanta ...

During the meandering speech, Kelvin Cochran said it was God’s plan to ... as the U.S. Fire Administrator under President Barack Obama before returning to Atlanta for a second stint as chief.

Kelvin J. Cochran, who is Black ... Cochran first came to national prominence when he was called by President Obama to serve as the U.S. Fire Administrator from 2009-2010. This distinction ...

Soon after Kelvin Cochran was nominated as chief ... positions a Georgian has been nominated for under the Obama administration. Cochran, 49, previously worked as fire chief in his hometown ...

President Obama appointed him as the U.S. Fire Administrator ... In a just and sane world Kelvin Cochran would not have had to endure what he has endured. But I'm grateful for his courage and ...

He just recently accepted a post in Obama's Administration-- as the country's top firefighter. Kelvin Cochran still recalls how his lifelong passion of fire rescue all started. As a young boy he ...

President Obama's nominee to head the U.S. Fire Administration ... That's all I ever wanted to do from that moment on," said Kelvin Cochran, who may soon be the chief of the nation's fire service.

ATLANTA AP – President Obama named Atlanta Fire Chief Kelvin Cochran to head the U.S. Fire Administration, where he will oversee national efforts to prevent fires and improve response.

Kelvin Cochran was raised in Shreveport, La., in the 1960s and recalls always having the same answer when adults would quiz him about what he wanted to be when he grew up. “I told them that I ...

ATLANTA — Atlanta's City Council has voted to pay $1.2 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the city's former fire chief who was dismissed after he wrote a book that included anti-gay passages.