Joe Mitchell joined the DuBois Fire Department in 2001. He served for 6 years as captain and 3 years before that as Lieutenant before being voted in as 2nd Assistant Chief in 2015. He has training in firefighting including State and Pro-board certifications of Fire Fighter 1, Fire Fighter 2, Instructor 1, Instructor 2, and numerous local level training classes. He has rescue training in vehicle and various technical rescue classes. Joe is also a licensed Emergency Medical Technician. Joe is employed by the City of DuBois as Director of Redevelopment Authority. He is happily married to his wife Jennie (Dixon) and has two children; Austin and Kendra. Chief Mitchell most enjoys working with all 5 companies and assisting the community no matter what emergency arises.