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I do believe its a 3 year grant that covers absolutely everything. That means salary, benefits, training, uniforms etc. Each platoon is going to be loaded with fed govt paid for floaters (who work for sick or vacationing guys at straight wages, again, paid for by the fed govt) so there really is no way that OT can't go down. Also, in three years the dept will see a good many retirements meaning that at the expiration of this grant you will not now be on the hook for 20 additional employees. There really is no serious way to look at this grant as anything but a huge windfall for local taxpayers. A windfall mind you that would not have befallen the taxpayers of this city if it were not for Unionized rank and file firefighters who took it upon themselves to embark upon the labor intensive application process on their own time and for no additional compensation from the city.

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