FOR THE SECOND TIME IN LESS THAN A MONTH, THE ACTING FIRE CHIEF Jim Evans of Austin, Texas, has fired one of his lieutenants.

Chief Jim Evans

In a 7-page memo, Evans said that among other charges,  Lt. Christopher Giberson consistently harassed female firefighters by calling them “denigrating nicknames,” repeatedly sent or viewed pornography on city computers and advised the apparent intoxicated driver in a car accident to tell police that he hadn’t been drinking.

“There are no words to adequately describe how offended and disappointed I am by this behavior,” Evans wrote in the memo. “His behavior is lewd, disgusting and has no place in the Fire Department.”  Gilberson had been on the Department for 14 years.

This follows last month’s dismissal of a lieutenant who delayed his engine’s response to a medic assist for two minutes while he went next door to pick up a food order at a restaurant.

The Austin American-Statesman has the full STORY.
KTBC has a video report:

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