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Nathan Ellis

Assistant State Fire Marshal
South Carolina State Fire
Gaffney, South Carolina, United States

Nathan Ellis is the Assistant State Fire Marshal at South Carolina State Fire. He has served in the South Carolina fire service since 1992 in a variety of positions. Chief Ellis began his career as a volunteer firefighter. After receiving a Bachelor’s of Science in Public Health from Clemson University, he worked as a Deputy State Fire Marshal for the SC Office of State Fire Marshal. In 2003, he was hired as the first full-time Fire Marshal for the City of Gaffney (SC). Three years later, he was named City of Gaffney Fire Chief, a position he held until 2012, when he returned to work at the Office of State Fire Marshal. He was named Assistant State Fire Marshal in 2016, managing all facets of code inspection and enforcement, licensing and permitting, investigations, engineering, and community risk reduction for SC State Fire. At State Fire, Chief Ellis is an original member of the Palmetto Incident Support Team, functioning as an Incident Commander. He is an Internal Code Council (ICC) Certified Fire Marshal and serves as the National Association of State Fire Marshals representative on the ICC Fire Code Action Committee. Chief Ellis continues to volunteer in his local community as a Lieutenant with the Grassy Pond Fire Department (Gaffney, SC) and as an investigator with the Cherokee County Fire Investigation Team. His desire is to continue to provide exemplary leadership to the fire service by employing the cooperation, integrity, pride, and ingenuity that has made him successful at leading through difficult circumstances and developing efficient, effective, and innovative solutions to the challenges facing today’s fire service providers.

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