Bexar County, TX, Fire Chief's Fate Remains Uncertain

June 24, 2025
Firefighters allege operational failures under Bexar Fire Chief Craig Ramon's tenure while another official supported him.

Bexar County fire chief reported resignation hasn't been accepted by the emergency services board.

When officials emerged from a closed session, there was no mention of the allegations firefighters had made about Chief Craig Ramon.

His wife said he had resigned, News4SA reported.

Steve Yeager who hired Chief Ramon disagrees. He urged the board not to accept Chief Ramon’s resignation.

“If you get a resignation from our chief, I ask you to consider whether or not you're going to accept it,” Yeager said. “Because I don’t think you should. I think he deserves this job. I offered him this job. You all agreed. You said go get a degree and you can have it and he did.”

But, not everyone is backing the fire chief. 

Firefighter Regan Dominguez said: “I think it’s necessary that we acknowledge the operation failures that have occurred under Chief Ramon as our fire chief. We are faced with multiple individuals leaving the department. These individuals are experienced. They've been driven into the ground non-stop every shift. it's not because they are running calls. It’s not because we are saving lives, doing all the cool stuff that we signed up to do. It is because we are mentally and sometimes physically drained."

 

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Susan Nicol is the news editor for Firehouse.com. She is a life member and active with the Brunswick Volunteer Ambulance & Rescue Company, Oxford Fire Company and Brunswick Vol. Fire Co. Susie has been an EMT in Maryland since 1976. Susie is vice-president of the Frederick County Fire/Rescue Museum. She is on the executive committee of Frederick County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association. She also is part of the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems (MIEMSS) Region II EMS Council. Susie is a board member of the American Trauma Society, Maryland Division. Prior to joining the Firehouse team, she was a staff writer for The Frederick News-Post, covering fire, law enforcement, court and legislative issues.