SEVEN HIGH-RANKING OFFICERS IN THE NEW YORK CITY Fire Department have been given strong disciplinary sanctions because of their actions leading up to the fatal fire at 130 Liberty Street, the former Deutsche Bank building, in August, 2007.
Firefighter Close Calls is reporting:
Fire Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta today (Wednesday) announced that two fire officers have been permanently relieved of their commands and reprimanded, and five chief officers have also received reprimands, in connection with their failure to insure required inspections were performed at 130 Liberty Street prior to the August 2007 fire that took the lives of two firefighters, Robert Beddia and Joseph Graffagnino. All seven officers agreed to accept these penalties in lieu of formal charges and an administrative trial before the city’s Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings (OATH).
Firefighter Close Calls has the full details of the actions along with the individual punishments in their article HERE. Read the full story.
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