The chief of the Littleville Volunteer Fire Department, Rodney McAnally, resigned Friday afternoon.
McAnally is also the chief of the Tuscumbia Fire Department. He said he was asked to step down by the Colbert County Commission. He summed up his resignation in three words: relief, heartbroken and betrayal.
Littleville is just south of Tuscumbia. Firefighters with the Littleville Fire Department said they're very sad about how the whole situation played out.
None of the firefighters wanted to go on camera, but they said more focus needs to be given to the department, and they can understand being chief of two fire departments can be overwhelming.
Littleville Chief McAnally said he did feel spread thin between the two jobs and had been actively trying get someone to take over his position as chief in Littleville. However, he did not want to go into specifics of why he described his departure as a betrayal.