SUN CITY, AZ — The heartbreaking discovery that one of his own firefighters had cancer has a fire chief joining the call to fix what fire officials say is a punctuation problem in state law that’s forcing firefighters to battle for workers’ comp.
For two decades, Rob Schmitz has worked for the Sun City Fire and Medical Department. The last five years he’s been the chief in the tight-knit retirement community.
“A lot of people turn to us and look to help solve their problems,” he said…