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UFA Radio Ad Blasts Response Time Claims
Ufa :: Russia | 3 days ago
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The city firefighters union is accusing the Bloomberg administration of fudging the numbers when it comes to the department's response times. The Uniformed Firefighters Association is going public with its claims in a radio ad set to run during next
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FDNY Graduates First Round Of Probies In Five Years
New York City :: NY :: USA | 9 days ago
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The New York City Fire Department on Friday added to its ranks for the first time in five years, graduating 285 new probationary firefighters...Of the new cadets, 13 percent are black, 23 percent are Hispanic, and four percent are Asian, making it
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Son of fallen 9/11 hero gets FDNY promotion
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 3 months ago
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Chief of Department killed on 9/11, was one of 44 smoke eaters promoted at a ceremony Thursday, but for his family it was a somber celebration. Chief of Department killed on 9/11 felt a somber void in the audience when he was promoted on Thursday.
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FDNY swears in first class of probationary firefighters since 2008
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 4 months ago
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Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Fire Commissioner Salvatore Cassano swore in the class of 318 probies." Legal dispute over whether the department's hiring practices were discriminatory had blocked hiring for years. Probationary firefighters are sworn in
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City Had Record Low Number Of Fire Deaths In 2012
New York City :: NY :: USA | 5 months ago
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Speaking at a New York City Fire Department promotions ceremony today, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced that the city has only 58 fire fatalities in 2012, which is a record low...Figures show in most of the 2012 fires there was no working smoke
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Dead firefighter honored
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 6 months ago
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Fighterfighter, who died of injuries caused in a Bronx fire, honored Lt. Black Sunday because another Bravest died in a blaze in Brooklyn that same day. Tuesday, November 20, 2012, 9:29 PM Michael Schwartz /for New York Daily News Lt. Rescue 3 in the
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FDNY hiring sparks protests outside Brooklyn Federal Court
New York City :: NY :: USA | 8 months ago
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Only 36 of the 180 scheduled speakers showed up to object directly to Federal Judge Nicholas Garaufis on the first of four days of hearings. Garaufis has ordered a variety of solutions to create a more diverse department, including retroactive
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Cape Coral fire chief says fire cuts risk safety
Fort Myers :: FL :: USA | 8 months ago
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Links Cape Corals fire chief says years of belt-tightening have brought the city to the margins of safety and resulted in a steady increase in response times. Fire Department response times have continued to degrade well below the industry standards
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FDNY in peril from fire code chaos: report
New York City :: NY :: USA | 10 months ago
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The task force, created after the Deutsche Bank fire tragedy, has found more than 600 state buildings where city rules don't apply. It's a riskier proposition (for) first responders, said state Sen. Daniel Squadron (D-Manhattan, Brooklyn) who
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Firefighters Prevail In Fight for Health Insurance
Denver :: CO :: USA | 11 months ago
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It all started around a kitchen table in Custer, South Dakota. John Lauer, a 27-year-old seasonal firefighter for an elite U.S. Forest Service wildland fire team , sat down with some colleagues to write a petition. Lauer is one of thousands of
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