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Atlanta council approves grant to hire new fire fighters

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July 5, 2011

The Atlanta City Council officially voted Tuesday to accept a $9.8 million grant from the Department of Homeland Security to hire 75 new fire fighters.

The grant, while increasing the ranks of Atlanta Fire Rescue, most importantly will allow the department to put at least four people on every truck for emergency calls to meet industry standards.

The new fire fighters will be hired at $38,193 annually.

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Ernie Suggs is an enterprise reporter covering race and culture for the AJC since 1997. A 1990 graduate of N.C. Central University and a 2009 Harvard University Nieman Fellow, he is also the former vice president of the National Association of Black Journalists. His obsession with Prince, Spike Lee movies, Hamilton and the New York Yankees is odd.

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