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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 t otal to 19 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 nwnb er of personnel has i ncreased to 240 as of 10:00 anm.. Fifty .. eeven applications were processed fro1n persons seeking employment as Firefighters and 21 have passed all the requirements as of 8 :00 p . m ., T uesday. The Personnel Office began processing additional applicants at 8 : 00 a . m . Wednesday and will remain open each night this week until 8:00 p . m. There have been 456 Firemen suspended. Approximately 100 of .these are probationary Firefighters and the disposition of their suspensions will be handled by the Chief of the F i re Department under the City's M e rit System Rules and Regulations . The remaining 356 suspend d employees have been cited to go before the B o ard of Firema.sters and he rings will begin the week of Septembei- 19. �