Chief placed on leave by city officials
Boise Fire Chief Dennis Doan (department photo)
FirefighterNation Staff
BOISE, Idaho — Boise Fire Department started the week without their fire chief.
CBS2 reports that Boise Fire Chief Dennis Doan has been placed on paid administrative leave.
A spokesperson for the city said that Mayor Lauren McLean, Chief Doan, and the Human Resources department made the decision together.
No details were provided other than that is was a personnel matter.
Battalion Chief Tom Moore told CBS2 that the decision left many wondering what is going to happen.
Moore said he wondered if Doan was retiring when he first heard the news.
Doan started in the department as an entry-level firefighter in 1991 and was appointed to the position of fire chief in 2008. The mayor’s press office said more details may be available in the next days.
