Joyce Ancil said she asked Eads to complete the NIMS 300/400 level qualifications, and said he failed to get it done in a timely fashion. Wysong had been serving as interim chief prior to the election. He said he won the second election on a 22-7 vote over Gary Wysong, who was installed as Mark Ancil's assistant chief Tuesday. He said the first election was disputed by the losers, so another election was held about two weeks later. "That put us in a bad spot, because if your chief doesn't have certain qualifications, you can't apply for grants."Įads said the NIMS training was partially at fault for what happened, but said Joyce Ancil has been trying to get her son installed as chief ever since Mark Ancil lost the chief election back in November.Īccording to Eads, the firefighters picked him over four other candidates, including Mark Ancil. "He didn't have the qualifications needed to be chief," Joyce said. Joyce Ancil said Eads was told he needed additional training in the National Incident Management System, a core set of doctrine, concepts, principles, terminology and organizational processes for all big emergency incidents. "I'm very bitter about it, because I've only actually been in office a little over a month, and has tried three times to get me removed, and on the fourth time, she was successful," he said. The Ancils said the number is more like five or six. Joyce and Mark Ancil both characterized the move as an internal matter and said fire protection won't change.Įads, however, said up to 14 volunteers have resigned from the department in response to his ouster. Whether the leadership switch will affect the township's fire protection remains to be seen. This wasn't something that was a lot of fun for me to do," she said Wednesday. The ousted chief, Jerry Eads, is crying foul, saying it was a personal vendetta.īut Joyce Ancil, whose other son, David, sits on the fire corporation board and the township board, said she had to make the move because Eads' training wasn't where it needed to be. 19-Harrison Township Trustee Joyce Ancil removed the elected chief of the Harrison Township Volunteer Fire Department Tuesday and installed her son, Mark Ancil, as the new chief.
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