Deputy Fire Chief Jerome Yarbrough has been appointed interim fire chief for the Gainesville department, Gainesville City Manager Kip Padgett announced Friday.“It’s a privilege, you know, that they take confidence in me to carry on this department,” Yarbrough said. “It’s something I’ve worked toward my whole career, and I am prepared. The Gainesville Fire Department works like a machine anyway, and everything will carry on the same.”Yarbrough has been employed with the city for 28 years and is a Georgia EMT-I. He has served in the Fire Prevention division since 1997 as a fire inspector and arson investigator.