Mayor Dave Bing
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EMS Topics
Charlie LeDuff blew this one. But can his message about another Detroit Fire Department outrage still be right when his facts are wrong?
Dave shoots the messenger even though he knows his message is right.
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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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UPDATED: Detroit sends out order closing 15 fire companies. 200 firefighters to be demoted.
Series of fires overnight. Union president Dan McNamara says firefighting force will be much older.
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Funding & Staffing
UPDATED – On day with 16 fires in 6 hours Detroit's mayor laying off 20% of firefighters. Audio from arson spree. More than a third of investigators to be cut.
Mayor Bing hoping federal grant and attrition will bring back many firefighters.
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Funding & Staffing
A must read from Detroit. The state of the fire department's infrastructure. A trail that shows money allocated & spent, but facilities not fixed.
Money apparently spent to fix firehouses. Repairs were never made.
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