Washington fire chief, formerly of Augusta, resigns

WASHINGTON - Washington Fire Chief Ronnie Few, formerly the fire chief in Augusta has resigned amid questions about errors on his resume. <br> <br> Mayor Anthony Williams announced the resignation today. Letters circulated by Williams&#39; aides indicated Few sent a letter of resignation May 21, and the mayor accepted it immediately. <br> <br> Few, who has been unavailable to the media for weeks, issued a statement today praising his work in Washington. <br> <br> He wrote, ``I have been a dedicated, passionate, and effective district official.&#39;&#39; <br> <br> The resignation comes nearly three months after factual errors were found on Few&#39;s resume and those submitted to the district government by three top aides Few recruited from his previous job. <br> <br> The resume said Few graduated from Morris Brown College in Atlanta and was selected 1998 Fire Chief of the Year by the International Association of Fire Fighters, a labor group affiliated with the AFL-CIO. <br> <br> In fact, Few attended Morris Brown for only one academic year, 1971-72, and the association never gave him such an honor. Few blamed an employee in Augusta for the errors. <br> <br> Few&#39;s updated bio says he earned an associate degree in fire science from DeKalb College, now known as Georgia Perimeter College, in Decatur. <br> <br> The 49-year-old Few, a native of East Point, Georgia, became Augusta-Richmond County&#39;s first black fire chief in 1997, supervising about 300 firefighters. <br> <br> As D.C.&#39;s fire chief, he directed more than two-thousand employees, including about 1,400 firefighters and paramedics.