PIONEER FIRE WALK-OUT 

IN NORTHWEST OHIO, THE FIRE CHIEF AND MOST OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FROM THE VILLAGE OF PIONEER RESIGNED DURING A HEATING CITY COUNCIL MEETING LAST NIGHT.
ONE BY ONE, FIREFIGHTERS SET DOWN THEIR PAGERS AND WALKED OUT. IT HAPPENED AFTER LEADERS DECLINED TO REINSTATE DEMOTED ASSISTANT CHIEF TYLER WILLIAMS. FIRE CHIEF ROGER SWANK WARNED HE'D STEP DOWN IF COUNCIL DIDN'T PUT WILLIAMS BACK IN THAT POSITION. RIGHT NOW, IT'S UNCLEAR WHY THE VILLAGE DEMOTED HIM, BUT FIREFIGHTERS TELL US THE WALKOUT FOLLOWS MONTHS OF TENSION WITH THE MAYOR, WHO THEY ACCUSE OF OVERREACHING HIS AUTHORITY.