NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. — A Nev. fire chief placed on leave after a botched live-fire training drill injured four firefighters has left the department, it was announced Monday.
A report found the training exercise in January organized by the North Las Vegas Fire Department was poorly planned and not clearly explained to the firefighters involved.
The injured sustained first or second degree burns and minor muscle and back sprains.
City Manager Timothy R. Hacker announced Monday that Fire Chief Al Gillespie’s employment with the city has “come to an end.”
Chief Gillespie served as chief of the city’s fire department for the past seven years. Hacker said the details of Chief Gillespie’s departure are a “personnel matter and therefore confidential.”
Gillespie had been on paid administrative leave for the past three weeks. Assistant Fire Chief Jeff Buchanan served as acting fire chief in Gillespie’s absence and will remain the city’s acting fire chief until further notice.