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UPDATE: Detroit fire commissioner says banning firefighters from climbing aerial ladders will only minimally impact firefighters’ ability to extinguish fires.
Union president wants to know what else besides ladder trucks has not been inspected.
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Must read memo: Detroit Fire bans firefighters from climbing city’s aerial ladders unless immediate life threat. Ladders out of compliance with NFPA testing requirements.
Only exception is immediate life threat to the public or firefighters.
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Detroit commissioner now admits TV reporter’s blanket story isn’t ‘blatantly false’. Dave explains why Donald Austin should have gotten into bed with LeDuff & medic on Day 1.
As usual, knee-jerk reaction by Detroit officials makes the story and the legend of Charlie LeDuff much larger than either…
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Burning out of control: Detroit leaders fail to respond to a major fire. Commissioner Austin’s explanation is too little, too late to extinguish EMS blanket story engulfing the Internet.
Seven days after the story broke Detroit commissioner says medic not being punished for giving blanket to cold elderly man…
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Detroit mayor says TV reporter’s EMS blanket story is ‘blatantly false’. Charlie LeDuff stands by story that medic is punished for helping elderly man.
Detroit mayor's office now says paramedic was disciplined for failing to write report about the missing blanket and not because…
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TV’s LeDuff says Detroit medic punished for giving blanket to homeless man. Reporter thinks it’s time to clean out headquarters.
A blanket policy that gets the scorn of Charlie LeDuff.
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