Ga. Fire Chief Resigns Amid Death Controversy
DUNWOODY, Ga. --Â
DeKalb County Fire Chief David Foster has resigned, CEO Burrell Ellis announced Monday evening.
Ellis said Foster's resignation is effective immediately.
Foster's department came under fire eight days ago after a house fire in Dunwoody killed 74-year-old Ann Bartlett. When the first three fire trucks arrived, firefighters saw no signs of a fire and left.
An internal investigation found that against department protocol, none of the firefighters established command of the incident, and not a single firefighter as much as walked up the driveway to investigate.
Last Friday, four firefighters, Fire Apparatus Officer William Greene, Capt.Tony Motes, Battalion Chief Lesley Clark and Battalion Chief Bennie Paige, were fired.
Ellis named Deputy Chief Eddie O’Brien as acting chief.
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