A Central Arizona fire chief has been removed from office following claims of a hostile work environment and other issues.
The Central Arizona Fire and Medical Authority Board voted to remove Fire Chief Scott Freitag this week. This decision follows a local union chapter’s 96% "no confidence" vote in Freitag’s leadership earlier this month.
Yavapai County firefighters also raised claims against him from creating a hostile work environment and retaliation against whistleblowers, to violated contracts and public records falsified by District leadership.
The International Association of Fire Fighters censured Freitag in August, the first time in over 30 years that an Arizona fire chief has faced that level of reprimand from the group.
