Posts Tagged: Ellerbe
UPDATE: Lieutenant who said DC chief showed ‘lack of leadership’ demoted & suspended. Department says Robert Alvarado violated ‘Patient Care Bill of Rights’ during TV interview & also failed to wear compliant coat.
Alvarado says the department expected him to tell a TV crew to stop shooting video when he treated patient. Does Chief Ellerbe want the job we nominated the Colorado sheriff for?
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Morning Lineup – March 22
D. C. FEMS - You Are Not Alone!
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UPDATED: A new week & DC fire is still in the news. Chief Kenneth Ellerbe says media stories are sensationalistic & unfair.
Chief says Washington Times coverage has "been fraught with unproven allegations and inaccuracies".
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DC still in the news: Burned firefighter speaks out about shirts sitting in storage.
Firefighter Chuck Ryan speaks out about shirts that Chief Kenneth Ellerbe has not distributed because of patch.
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DC Chief Kenneth Ellerbe on why safer cotton shirts for firefighters are sitting in warehouse: ‘Sometimes there’s trickery in terms of one administration to another’.
No explanation from the chief on just what the "trickery" was or what it explains about the shirts.
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Chief Kenneth Ellerbe responds: Live interview this morning discussing sexual harassment claims when chief was in Florida.
Ellerbe also addresses issue about whether DC should have asked for his personnel record from Sarasota County.
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The latest from your Nation’s Capital: Mayor backs fire chief after article on sexual harassment claims. $70,000 in shirts that are safer for firefighters but have the wrong logo sit in warehouse.
Mayor Vincent Gray say Chief Kenneth Ellerbe "has done an exceptional job".
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Best of the Rest – Rescue Me, Shaving Heads, Mayor Called Out After Cuts, ELAFF Coming Out Video, Running with the Pak
Best of the Rest - Shaving Heads, Mayor Called Out After Cuts, ELAFF Coming Out Video, Running with the Pak + MUCH MUCH MORE!
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DC fire chief faced sexual harassment claim in Sarasota County, FL. Washington Times questions why Kenneth Ellerbe wasn’t fully vetted by Mayor Vincent Gray.
Chief says claims made in Sarasota County were not true. More questions about deal that allowed Ellerbe to be Florida chief while still employed by DC.
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UPDATED: Lt. Robert Alvarado sent home for wearing DCFD coat at training academy. Says department should provide outwear with mandated logo. Calls chief ‘hostile’.
Outspoken lieutenant previously challenged Chief Ellerbe over providing outwear with new department logo.
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DC Chief Kenneth Ellerbe comments on suspension of spokesman Lon Walls over racism allegations. More discussion of order telling firefighters to behave at mayor’s speech.
Chief appears on radio talk show.
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UPDATED: Scores of firefighters in DCFD garb show for mayor’s speech. No comment from Chief Ellerbe on spokesman Lon Walls’ claims that previous protest was ‘racist act’.
EMS union president thinks firefighter 24-hour shifts should go.
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DC Fire Spokesman Lon Walls calls firefighters’ protest of Chief Ellerbe a ‘racist act’. Posts thoughts on Facebook & Twitter.
Are firefighters who protest DC fire chief racists?
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UPDATE: DC firefighters receive official warning about protests at Mayor’s speech. Union president cites first amendment. Spokesman tells City Paper directive did not come from the chief, but tells Post it would be frowned upon.
Did deputy chief issue order on his own? Chief's spokesman tells reporter Ellerbe did not send out such a directive.
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UPDATE: Firefighters turn their DCFD emblazoned backs on Chief Kenneth Ellerbe. Reporter says more than 100 walk out of State of DC Fire & EMS address.
Chief mentions his shift change plans in speech.
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More TV coverage of the uniform crisis in the Nation’s Capital. Some DC firefighters are braving the cold rather than putting city sanctioned patch on their own outerwear.
More news coverage for this seemingly never ending story.
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A new uniform order from DC Chief Kenneth Ellerbe has Lt. Robert Alvarado again publicly calling him out. Says fifth change in a year is ‘unconscionable’ & shows ‘lack of leadership.’
Chief now says no unmarked outerwear. Calls it a homeland security threat.
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Comment Cards.
During my last tour of duty, I came across a most unusual new practice. I was instructed to present a comment card to all patients whom we encounter in the performance of our duty. Yes, that's right, a comment card—the likes of which I had onl…
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Another view on DC shift change controversy. Brother of slain New York Times reporter David Rosenbaum points to studies saying current 24/72 & Chief Ellerbe’s 12-hour shifts both aren’t safe.
Marcus Rosenbaum writes that 24/72 and 3-3-3 12-hour-shifts both aren't good for patient care.
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DCFD logo update: Union president wants chief to back down from discipline threat & pay for new outerwear. Ellerbe says some members are dividing the department.
Chief Kenneth Ellerbe says he won't have any more statements about controversy.
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DC firefighter who was seriously burned last year publicly disputes Chief Kenneth Ellerbe over logo order. Lt. Robert Alvarado: ‘All we are asking is to be is dealt with fairly’.
Lt. Alvarado tells reporter he expects to be disciplined over speaking out.
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What all the controversy is about: Read Special Order #44 from DC Fire Chief Kenneth Ellerbe.
Read the details from December 28 order.
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‘DCFD’ banned. New year brings new logo rules for District of Columbia firefighters.
DCFD logo banned from outerwear while on duty.
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IAFF Local 36 rebuttal to Washington Post: ‘A shift toward sleep deprived firefighters.’
Union president cites shift study in Canada supporting 24/72.
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DC Fire Chief Kenneth Ellerbe now gets his say. His views on going to 12-hour shifts for firefighters. Plus the chief is getting a lot of heat. Read the comment cards.