Deputy Chief Demetrios Vlassopoulos
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DC update: Chief & dep. mayor on hot seat. Ellerbe apologizes. 58 of 111 ambulances not operational. Firefighters union says fleet status is due to chief’s negligence.
Deputy Mayor Quander says agency has gone from a "fire department that sometimes handles medical calls", to a "mobile medical…
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DC update: Firefighters vote no confidence in Chief Kenneth Ellerbe. Still has support of mayor & deputy mayor but expected to face tough questioning at hearing this week.
Group of Ellerbe supporters mount protest at union hall.
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UPDATE – IG report on reserve fleet has columnist again asking what did the fire chief know & when did he know it?
DC Breaking Local News Weather Sports FOX 5 WTTG Click here to follow STATter911.com on Facebook (hit “like”) Coverage of…
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More from DC: ‘Confidential’ letter on staffing from Chief Rubin to Chief Ellerbe. Report says DC having trouble finding all its ambulances. EMS union head speaks. Details on another inspector general report of department.
Chief Rubin pointed out hiring restraints forced used of overtime that he was under extreme pressure to reduce.
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Latest from DC: Preview of findings in EMS delay. Details on why three ambulances didn’t respond to police officer down.
Official findings scheduled to be released at regularly scheduled press conference by Mayor Vince Gray.
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DC Mayor’s spokesman: ‘previous administration left city unprepared’ and says fire department was ‘neglected’.
Council Chairmen Mendelson calls bad information fire chief gave city council about the fleet an 'embarrassment'.
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Reporter ambushes DC’s Deputy Mayor & still can’t get answers on fire department fleet. Union believes ladders untested since 2009.
Reporter points out Chief Ellerbe was part of committee urging for healthy reserve fleet of ladder trucks following deaths of…
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Like Mayor Vince Gray, Washington Post Editorial Board has confidence in Chief Kenneth Ellerbe. Supports EMS redeployment & shift change.
Post had previously supported getting rid of 24 hour shifts for firefighters.
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