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Wed. Sep 8th 2010
4th Annual Bravest vs. Finest Softball Game
 The 4th Annual CFD
(Bravest) vs. CPD
(Finest) Softball
Game will take place this
Saturday, September 11th,
201...
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Wed. Sep 8th 2010
Local 61 Union Meeting -- Today @ 7:00 p.m.
 The monthly
union meeting, for
Local 61, will be held
today, Wednesday, August
8th, 2010, at
7:00 p.m., at the...
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Tue. Sep 7th 2010
Wear Pink for Breast Cancer Awareness (Lowcountry Hope)
 CFD's Breast Cancer
Awareness Event
-- October 1, 2
& 3, 2010
Chief
Carr has authorized the
wearing ...
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| A Messege From Chief Thomas Carr Concearning Furloughs. |
Thu. Nov 26th 2009
Yesterday you received an email from the mayor citing the city’s budget situation for next year and the need for employees to assume some of the burden through the use of furlough days. The mayor left the timing of the implementation of the furloughs of fire fighters to the fire chief. No decisions have been made. Chief Finley , Tippett and I will spend the weekend into next week looking at our options. Of course the goal is to have as little impact on CFD personnel and service as possible while meeting the mayor’s stated goal. Feel free to send ideas which accomplish real dollars savings in personnel costs through your chain of command.
I have attached the “2010 Budget Introduction to Charleston City Council” power point presentation which provides a global perspective of the situation for next year. Note that public safety makes up more than half of the proposed budget. While the furloughs will be extremely painful there is some growth in our budget including new apparatus. This can occur because dollars for apparatus come from borrowed money which can not be used for salaries.
So, as we have discussed all year, 2010 will be a tough budget and who knows about 2011. It’s difficult to deal with this anytime but over the holidays is especially hard. Please take care of yourselves, each other and your families.
Chief Tom Carr
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