Former Sedona Fire Chief, Nazih M. Hazime Sedona AZ-The SedonaEye.com and Sedona Times Publishing are reporting that former Sedona Fire District Fire Chief Nazih M. Hazime accepted the position of Fire Chief for the Verde Valley Fire District (VVFD). The VVFD Governing Board requested that the recently resigned Sedona Fire Chief attend a special interview meeting on Monday, August 22 2011, and... 

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Dear Sedona Eye editor: I attended my first SFD Governing Board meeting (Tuesday’s Budget Workshop) since the election of the board and I was amazed by the lack of respect shown to the first professional Chief they have had for quite a long time. The Chairman, Dave Blauert, kept on addressing Chief Hazime as “Mr. Hazime” the entire meeting…and I know that it was intentional.... 

Sedona Fire Chief Nazih M. Hazime Sedona AZ (December 1, 2010)-The Sedona Fire District will soon have a new Fire Board. “I am eager to engage and begin working with the new board members,” says Sedona Fire Chief, Nazih M. Hazime writing of his role and that of the Sedona Fire Department and the Fire Board in an open letter to the Sedona fire district. “To assist in creating continuity,... 

On September 27th, I attended a Candidate Forum  for the SFD Governing Board election, sponsored by the League of Women Voters, where Mr.  Demme, in response to a written question dealing with his request for a forensic audit, stated that the regular yearly external audit presently done of the SFD, only consisted of the audit firm looking  at the financial statements prepared by staff,  reviewing... 

The controversy with the Sedona Fire District Expenditures is tackled by former TIME/LIFE Correspondent and author of a dozen books, Robert S. Wood, in the May 6 2010 newstand edition of the Sedona Times.   Sedona Fire District Chief, Nazih M. Haizme, responds.  Pick up and read the best local newspaper covering in-depth community events delivered to your mailbox and made available about the... 

Dear SedonaEye.com Editor, I haven’t attended regular board meetings for almost six months because my blood pressure just couldn’t take it. I see a far more adversarial attitude towards staff from one particular board member. I see a lack of respect and trust from the majority of the board towards the most professional and efficient Fire Chief that we have ever had in our district. Instead of letting...