R.C. Smith, Jr., and his father, who used to be fire chief

The Fire Department’s most senior firefighter is still on administrative leave.

But R.C. Smith, Jr. is no longer collecting a paycheck from taxpayers.

Smith was placed on paid administrative leave in February pending an unspecified investigation.

On Tuesday, Tommy Smith, the fire department’s deputy chief of support services, said his status has changed to “unpaid administrative leave.” He didn’t specify when.

“Beyond that I don’t have any additional information because it is a pending personnel issue,” Tommy Smith said.

R.C. Smith and Tommy Smith are not related.

But R.C. Smith does have family ties to the Colorado Springs Fire Department.

His father, Richard Smith, was the fire chief from 1979 to 1989.

Battalion Chief R.C. Smith, Jr., left, and his father, former Colorado Springs Fire Chief R.C. Smith, Sr.

The Colorado Springs Fire Department’s most senior firefighter is still on paid administrative leave.

Battalion Chief R.C. Smith, Jr. — whose father, Richard Smith, was the city’s fire chief from 1979 to 1989 — was placed on paid administrative leave in Feb. 17 pending an investigation.

City officials won’t release any other details.

“It’s a pending personnel issue,” Deputy Chief of Support Services Tommy Smith (no relation) said Monday.

R.C. Smith joined the Fire Department nearly four decades ago.

He had been working as one of three battalion chiefs in the Operations Division until he was assigned to the department’s Training Division for unspecified reasons last year.

R.C. Smith is paid about $8,195 a month.