Box 1, Folder 15, Document 32

Box 1, Folder 15, Document 32

STATUS REPORT
ATLANTA FIRE DEPARTMENT

SEPTEMBER 7, 1966
10:00 A.M,

THREE ADDITIONAL FIRE STATIONS WILL BE PLACED
IN OPERATION TODAY, THIS WILL BRING THE TOTAL TO19 OUT
OF 32. THREE PREVIOUSLY UNMANNED STATIONS WERE
RETURNED TO THE LINE ON TUESDAY UPPING THE TOTAL

AS OF WEDNESDAY MORNING TO 16.

THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PERSONNEL HAS INCREASED

TO 240 AS OF 10:00 A.M,

FIFTY-SEVEN APPLICATIONS WERE PROCESSED
FROM PERSONS SEEKING EMPLOYMENT AS FIREFIGHTERS
AND 21 HAVE COMPLETED ALL THE REQUIREMENTS AS OF
7:30 P,M,, TUESDAY, THE PERSONNEL OFFICE BEGAN
PROCESSING ADDITIONAL APPLICANTS AT 8:00 A.M.,
WEDNESDAY AND WILL REMAIN OPEN EACH NIGHT THIS WEEK

UNTIL 7:30 P.M,

THERE HAVE BEEN 456 FIREMEN SUSPENDED,
APPROXIMATELY 100 OF THESE ARE PROBATIONARY FIRE-

FIGHTERS AND THE DISPOSITION OF THEIR SUSPENSIONS WILL
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BE HANDLED BY THE CHIEF OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT UNDER
THE CITY'S MERIT SYSTEM RULES AND REGULATIONS, THE

REMAINING 356 SUSPENDED EMPLOYEES HAVE BEEN CITED TO
GO BEFORE THE BOARD OF FIREMASTERS AND HEARINGS WILL

BEGIN THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 19.