Fire officials were as red as their fire trucks Thursday after announcing that five firemen were disciplined for inviting strippers to the fire station for a nude and topless photo session. The women, identified only as Jamie and Heather, posed with a fire truck at a city fire station in October. They were naked in some photos and wore only high heels, firefighters' pants and suspenders in others. Dozens of the pictures were posted on the Internet.
The firefighters were charged with neglect of duty, moral turpitude and insubordination.
One of the men, a captain, was fired. The other four were suspended for two weeks to a month and will lose up to $5,000 in pay. One of them had a part-time job at a strip club where the women danced.
Fire Chief Dennis Jones said he was embarrassed by the firemen's actions but that "they didn't miss any calls."