By Rick Orlov
Dailynews.com
LOS ANGELES, Calif. — A City Council committee recommended going ahead with Fire Chief Brian Cummings’ plan to shift more firefighters to ambulances, despite union criticisms that it would create new safety risks.
“I don’t want to go to another firefighter funeral,” Councilman Joe Buscaino, a retired police officer, said during a hearing before the Public Safety Committee. “I responded to emergency calls with my firefighter brothers for 15 years and I don’t want them put in any more danger.”
However, the panel was prohibited from overruling the program as Cummings has sole authority over deployment of personnel.
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