Officials with the El Paso County Sheriff's Office on Friday refuted claims made by an unknown poster to the El Paso County Wildland Fire group's Twitter account that 18 volunteer firefighters mass resigned in response to a hostile work environment.
In a news release sent from the Sheriff's Office Friday evening Sgt. Jason Garrett, an office spokesman, acknowledged some members of the county Wildland Fire Team had resigned, but said the information tweeted earlier Friday was "not accurate." He also said the Sheriff's Office was working to determine the source of the tweets.
The initial tweet was sent at 2:17 p.m. Friday. In subsequent tweets, the poster said "the environment became hostile to the volunteers and they felt they were no longer needed or wanted." The poster also alluded to a letter of grievances sent to Sheriff Bill Elder. It was unclear whether Elder did receive such a letter.
We want to thank the 18 Volunteer Firefighters who mass resigned. You all have given many years of service to this community. You have fought the Hayman fire, Waldo Canyon fire, Black Forest fire, MM117 and others around this country. We will struggle without you all. Good Luck. pic.twitter.com/fkEK3qw6ws
— EPC Wildland Fire (@epcwildland) February 11, 2022
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