Longtime Spring Hill Fire Chief Terry Hood was fired by the City of Spring Hill on Tuesday following what the city called “poor record keeping resulting in potential liability to the city.”
Both the city and the SHFD released the following statement on their social media pages at 9:42 p.m. and did not provide any additional context for Hood’s dismissal. Comments on both posts have been restricted.
The statement said: “Statement from City Administrator Pam Caskie:
Deputy Chief Kevin Glenn has been named Acting Chief.”
Hood made his own Facebook post at 7:42 p.m., which reads in full:
Hood’s post was flooded with comments of support and disbelief from friends and community members.
Some members of the community publicly shared the city’s post with comments expressing concern over Hood’s dismissal.
As of 11 p.m. Tuesday, no further information was immediately available, but this story will be updated.