Number Crunching: Stats from Fire Fighter Close Calls on public safety budget cuts - Firefighter Nation

Number Crunching: Stats from Fire Fighter Close Calls on public safety budget cuts - Firefighter Nation: "Number Crunching
Initial conclusions from reader input to FireFighterCloseCalls.com about nationwide public safety budget cuts

By Shannon Pieper

Note: This article is part of a special FireRescue magazine series on the economy and its effects on the fire service.

If you read the Secret List, the noncommercial and free e-newsletter from FireFighterClosecalls.com (FFCC), you know that for a few months now FFCC has been asking readers to share how their departments are being affected by the budget cuts. In May, the site added a new page featuring the information received from approximately 500 e-mails from departments around the country."

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