Nakina Fire & Rescue was stunned to learn the Columbus County Commissioners are ending their contract with them.
“ I have not had any information given to me, nothing available to me at this time. Still waiting on the lawyer and the county commissioners to give me a reason why they’ve done what they’ve done,” Chief John Ward told WECT.
County officials later said the department's 'history of poor performance' was behind the cancellation.
Firefighters will be responding to emergencies for the next 90 days. After that, the county will announce a solution.
“I feel this way about it. I feel that they’ve not given a person a good opportunity to reply back. If you’ve got complaints against somebody, why, and what for/ We have no information on anything. They’ve given us no information on anything. And all of a sudden, they decided they want to try to pull our contract."
