Hickerson worked closely with both of them and said he talked to Bailey on Wednesday. Bailey's been with the department for 34 years, and Kalebaugh for 25 years.
Hickerson said he thinks the "community is heartbroken" and told CBS News Sacramento why he decided to leave, as well, claiming there were "oppressive" conditions.
Two captains and a majority of volunteer firefighters also left, according to Hickerson.
This all came around six months after the board changed leadership, including a new board president, Jeff Briggs.
Hickerson called the work environment "toxic."
"At our last board meeting, after we presented that as a recommendation to move forward with the posting of that acting chief, is when we had some, guess you could say, distaste to the direction of where the board of directors was going with an acting chief, someone else from the outside of Farmington coming in and, hence, this is where we're at today," Samuel said. "But, we're trying our hardest to make it right for our community."
"I live in the community," Samuel said. "I want to make sure we have adequate coverage. That's been the concern of a lot of the people in the area, to make sure we have that adequate coverage."
"The department ran fine," Hickerson said. "Those individuals that lost their positions, they counted every dime in that place. There was no funny business, nothing. I mean, they ran that department tight. They never took an extra dollar out of it, and they did a great job year-after-year-after-year-after-year."
Hickerson told CBS News Sacramento that if the situation were right, Bailey would come back.
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