After voters shot down a special tax assessment wiping out 43 percent of Upper Captiva Fire Rescue's budget, nearly all the firefighters including the chief have resigned.
The department will be left with six after 40 firefighters will be gone by the end of the year, NBC2 reported.
Chief Jason Martin became the third chief in seven years to call it quits.
One of the remaining six is Deputy Chief Brian Debrasky, who wants people to come to work there, WINK reported.
He is worried the budget cuts will impact safety with far fewer ‘part-time’ firefighters. It's something that's on his mind, reflecting on a large fire in 2017.
Not long after the big walk-out, an ad on Facebook said the Upper Captiva Fire Department is hiring firefighters.
