Officials announced on Friday that six additional employees, including the leadership that was on duty at the time, have been released from Marion County Fire Rescue following an internal review of a violent hazing incident that occurred last month.
In a video update released to the public, Marion County Fire Rescue Chief James Banta and Marion County Board of County Commissioners Chairman Carl Zalak III addressed the findings of the department’s administrative investigation.
“Based on the findings of that review, the county has taken administrative action, resulting in the separation of employment of six additional individuals, including all leadership personnel on shift the day of the incident at Station 21,” Banta stated in the video.
The chief also noted that two other individuals investigated as part of the review have been cleared to return to work. Banta emphasized that the investigation indicated the actions were isolated to “one particular shift at that fire station.”…