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…