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Matt Mitchell has been with the Noblesville Fire Department for quite a while - more than 28 years in fact.
NOBLESVILLE FIRE CHIEF MATT MITCHELL Originally from Kokomo, Mitchell earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Marian University, where he also played basketball. While he was finishing up school, Mitchell’s mother moved to Noblesville, where he eventually relocated after graduating.
time, and they were advertising for the Noblesville Fire Department,” Mitchell says. “My mom filled out the application and sent it in. She then called me and said, ‘By the way, you need to be in Noblesville at the fire station on this particular day.’ That’s how it started.”
“I suspect I probably went through Noblesville at some point in my life to play basketball, but I really didn’t have much knowledge at all about the city,” Mitchell says.
When Mitchell first started with the Noblesville Fire Department, things were quite different than they are now.
(317) 399-9069 | HELLOKAHLO.COM In that timespan, Mitchell has worked in a multitude of positions, from firefighter to fire marshal. As such, he’s more than equipped for his current job as fire chief.
00 PLEASANT STREET | NOBLESVILLE, IN 46060 Having served as fire chief for the Noblesville Fire Department since January 1 of this year, Mitchell has put in decades of hard work, courageously keeping the Noblesville community safe. Formerly the assistant fire chief under Greg Wyant, Mitchell overseas a staff of about 140 administrators and shift personnel, while handling a budget of over $20 million.
Upon graduating from college in 1991, Mitchell had a tough time finding a job in his chosen field. On a whim, his mother connected him with the Noblesville Fire Department, and the rest was history. “My mom got a hold of the paper at the 2020 DIRECTORY AND RELOCATION GUIDE / 43
“Back in the early ’90s when I started, we were still in the fire station across the street from where the Public Safety Building is now,” he says. “It was a situation where we didn’t have a lot of people. When we had any type of fire, the whole department got called in to handle that, including guys that were both off duty and on duty. Times have really changed.”
