Fire Chief resigned over safety disputes with Fort Worth’s firefighters union, attorney says

Former Fort Worth Fire Chief Jim Davis resigned over disagreements with the firefighters’ union about reviewing the fire department’s safety standards, an attorney representing Davis said.

Before Davis was placed on leave in mid-September, he had pushed for the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health to launch an external investigation into a recent firefighter’s injury, said Davis’s attorney, Stephen Kennedy. Davis ultimately submitted his letter of resignation , which will take effect Oct. 31.

The Fort Worth Professional Firefighters Association , or Local 440, opposed the external investigation, Kennedy said. The attorney argued union officials worried the investigation’s findings would reflect poorly on the union’s leadership and positions they had taken.

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