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STATUS REPORT ATLANTA FIRE DEPARTMENT SEPTEMBER 7, 1966 10:00 A. M. THREE ADDITIONAL FIRE STA TIO NS WILL BE PLACED IN OPERATION TODAY. OF 32. THIS WILL BRING THE TOTAL TO 19 OU T THREE PREVIOUSLY UNMANNED STATIONS W ERE 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. FIF T Y -SE VEN APPLICATIONS WER E PR OCE SSED FROM PERSONS SEEKING EMPLOYMENT AS FIREFIGH TERS AND 2 1 HAVE COMPLETED ALL THE R E QUI R E MENTS AS OF 7 :3 0 P. M ., T U ESDAY. THE P ERS ONNEL OFFICE BEGAN PROCESSING ADDITIONAL APPLICANTS A T 8 : 0'0 A .M., W E DNE SDAY A ND WILL R EMAIN OPE N EAC H NIGHT THIS WEEK UNTIL 7:3 0 P. M. THERE HAVE BEEN 456 FIREMEN SUSPENDED . APPROXIMATELY 10·0 OF THESE ARE PR O BATIO NARY FIREFIGHTERS AND THE DLSPOSITION O F THEIR S USPENSIONS WILL �PAGE TWO 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. �