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November 17, 2009
Chief Leader - UFA Turns Up Juice To Rewire Dispatch System

NY Daily News - Agencies Face Up To 12% Cuts Under Mayor Bloomberg Plan

NY Daily News - After Helping Family Escape Fire, Queens Man Dies Retrieving His Cell Phone

NY Post - Mike's Budget Chopping Spree

NY Post - Fire Kills Qns. Hero

NY 1 - Bloomberg Sharpens Budget Axe; Calls For $1.75 Billion In Cuts

CBS 2 - Spending Cuts Needed To Avert NYC Cash Crunch

Chief Leader - FDNY: Burn Injuries Dropped Nearly 30%


November 16, 2009
NY Daily News - Queens Woman, Sons Rescued After Jilted Boyfriend Set Her on Fire

NY Post - Mom Torched

NY Daily News - 9/11 Workers, First Responders To Rally For Help in D.C.


November 15, 2009
NY Post - 911 Goof 'Plumb' Stupid

NY Daily News - Hidden Deathtraps: After Flushing Fire and 200K Complaints, Divided Apartments Still Run Rampant


November 14, 2009
UFANYC.org - Putting The City in Danger

NY Post - Terror Thugs to Get Justice Near WTC

NY Daily News - S.I.'S Bravest Sal Depaola Wins News 5 Alarm Cookoff On Rachel Ray With Fiery Jambalaya Dish

1010 Wins - 3 Hurt in 2-Alarm Blaze at Harlem Housing Complex


November 13, 2009
Associated Press - Surfer Dies in Queens

Bronx Times - S.U.N.Y. Maritime Hosts 2nd Annual Firehouse Chili Cook-Off

NY Post - Surfer Drowns In Choppy Waters Off Rockaways

NY Daily News - Surfer Drowns In Choppy Currents Off Rockaways Despite Firefighters' Effort

Scientific American - NYC Fire Department Tech In The Hot Seat As Firefighters Complain About Being Sent To Wrong Addresses

NY Daily News - 5 Alarm Cookoff: The Winning Recipes


November 12, 2009
NY Daily News - Staten Island Firefighter Looks For Spicy Jambalaya To Ring Some Bells In 5 Alarm Cookoff

Queens Gazette - Dispatching Error, Illegal Conversions Fueled Woodside Fire

Queens Courier - Woodside Deathtrap Fueled By Oversight, Error & Greed

Queens Gazette - Confirm '911' Error In Woodside Deathtrap Fire

AM New York - Some Firefighters Say New 911 System is Error Prone


November 11, 2009
NY Daily News - A Burning Question: Why Does FDNY Use System That Keeps Sending Bravest To Wrong Sites?

NY Daily News - Unions Set To Square Off With Mayor Bloomberg: All Eyes Are On City Negotiations With UFT & DC 37

NY Daily News - Bronx FDNY Veteran Hopes To Sizzle The Five Alarm Cook Off Competition With His Stuffed Steak

NY Post - Fund Will Aid Heroes' Orphans

NY 1 - Eight Years Later, WTC Asthma Cases Still A Concern

NY Daily News - Fallen Bravest an Inspiration


November 10, 2009
NY Times - After Fatal Fire, Many in Queens Denounce Illegal Apartment Conversions

NY Daily News - City to Probe Call System in Fatal Blaze

NY Daily News - Queens Firefighter Keith Young Looks To Hose Competition In News' 5-Alarm Cookoff With Shrimp Dish

NY Post - UN Sites In 'Thrax Scare'

CBS 2 - NYC's 9-1-1 System Under Scrutiny After Fatal Fire

Chief Leader - Bill to Give Firefighter Test Credit to Grads of City High Schools


November 09, 2009
NY Times - Firefighters Cite Error in Dispatch of Fatal Fire

NY Post - Firetrap Complaints At Tragic Qns. Inferno Home

NY Post - Final Picture Of WTC Hero

NY Daily News - Brooklyn Firefighter John Sierp Hopes His Meatloaf Extinguishes Foes In Daily News' 5-Alarm Cookoff

NY Times - Basement Deathtrap Got OK Twice

NY 1 - Dispatch System Questioned In Wake Of Deadly Queens Fire

FirefighterHourly.com - New York Firefighters Know Dispatch System Is Broken

Associated Press - NYC Confirms Dispatch Error During Deadly Fire


November 08, 2009
CBS 2 - Firefighters Criticize Dispatch Sytem After Blaze

NY 1 - Queens House Fire Kills Three


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