{"id":20107,"date":"2025-10-25T00:54:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T00:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/20107\/"},"modified":"2025-10-25T00:54:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T00:54:08","slug":"fort-worth-firefighters-group-explains-concerns-about-former-chief-for-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/20107\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Worth firefighters group explains concerns about former chief for first time"},"content":{"rendered":"

The group representing Fort Worth firefighters has publicly shared its concerns about former Fire Chief Jim Davis, who abruptly resigned last week.<\/p>\n

The Fort Worth Professional Firefighters Association Local 440, which had previously threatened a no-confidence vote<\/a>, formally completed the process Friday by taking a no confidence vote in accordance with the group’s internal bylaws, according to a statement from union president Zac Shaffer.<\/p>\n

Safety, response time issues cited<\/p>\n

“Chief Davis’ failure to correct violations of safety standards, recognize acceptable on-scene times for EMS and fire response, and ensure accurate dispatch of resources have led the membership to this result,” Shaffer said.<\/p>\n

The city of Fort Worth declined to comment on the association’s statement.\u00a0 Davis’ attorney, Stephen Kennedy, did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n

Davis resigned amid investigation<\/p>\n

The city placed Davis on paid leave Sept. 22<\/a> without explanation, stating only that an investigation was underway. He resigned Oct. 17.<\/p>\n

Assistant Chief Raymond Hill was named interim chief and will continue in that role while the city searches for Davis’ permanent replacement.<\/p>\n

Union supports current leadership<\/p>\n

“The 440 proudly serves our citizens, and we are grateful to work with the current fire administration,” Shaffer said.<\/p>\n

Davis was sworn in as Fort Worth’s fire chief in October 2018. He previously served in the Columbus Division of Fire in Ohio, where he oversaw training and education.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The group representing Fort Worth firefighters has publicly shared its concerns about former Fire Chief Jim Davis, who…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9563,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,124,118,117,430,15354],"class_list":["post-20107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-fire-department","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news","tag-north-texas","tag-union"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20107\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}