A probie, or probationary firefighter, is struck by the senior guys' aura and ease: making jokes, telling stories, deconstructing a fire, commanding respect, all in stark contrast to the probie's grunt life of doing chores and not being allowed in the TV room the first year on the job.
They will be in single union with a single bargaining agent reporting to a single fire command, and we'll do the hiring".
This paper presents a fuzzy system for controlling the fire command in a surface-to-surface engagement by assuming siege of friendly side by enemy forces.
"You're seeing some very extreme fire behavior," said Anne Jeffery, a spokeswoman for the fire command team.
The fire was about five percent contained on Sunday, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said in a briefing at the fire command post.
Residents of 20 houses were urged to evacuate today, bringing the total to close to 250 houses, said Stan Hinatsu, a spokesman at the fire command center.
Mr. Silverstein, the developer, said it was not known who made the public address announcement in the south tower, but a security guard at the center said it was the function of the fire command officers in the building's main lobby.
The fire command post itself was forced to leave.
Now they have fire command stations in each of the buildings".
"When we made it through the tunnel, I knew," she said Monday afternoon at the fire command center at ground zero.
