Kenneth Ellerbe
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News
UPDATED: Woman wants to know why DC firefighters didn’t walk across street from firehouse to help dying father
Focus of investigation reported to be on rookie firefighter & lieutenant of Truck 15
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Courts
DC firefighter arrested while driving ambulance on suspended permit. Officer recognized him from DUI.
Second firefighter arrested driving stolen car.
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EMS Topics
DC firefighter crime watch update: Deputy Mayor Quander defends putting fire trucks on patrol in high crime area.
Paul Quander says there have already been positive results and the anti-crime initiative will continue.
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Customer Service
DC firefighters again assigned to overnight crime watch posts. Latest order came from deputy mayor.
Busy truck company assigned to four hour shift on street corner Friday night into Saturday morning.
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EMS Topics
IG report confirms DC did not have sick-out last New Year’s Eve. Blames management on department’s staffing issues.
Read entire report on DC's staffing woes.
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EMS Topics
DC firefighter who recently graduated from cadet program arrested on felony theft charge.
High school cadet program was halted during Rubin administration and brought back under Ellerbe.
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EMS Topics
No pay raise for DC firefighters in six years. Mention of it by mayoral candidate sparks controversy.
Mayor Vincent Gray accuses Council member Tommy Wells of trying to buy votes by publicly supporting a raise for firefighters…
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EMS Topics
DC update: TV station shows Chief Ellerbe that many big cities are able to inspect ladder trucks & pumpers.
Testing of ladders and pumps stopped when Ellerbe became chief.
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News
DC fire chief grilled about apparatus & EMS staffing. Can’t account for no new apparatus in 2013 budget or say where new ambulances are deployed.
Chief Kenneth Ellerbe say he is coming up with new plan for EMS.
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