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Annie Linskey with The Baltimore Sun, usually plugged into the Baltimore City Fire Department, has this brief story on how Chief James Clack will deal with some belt tightening:

The city's Fire Department is examining how to cut roughly $4 million from its budget as part of that agency's contribution to a citywide effort to reduce expenditures. In recent public appearances, Mayor Sheila Dixon has said that she has asked all of her agency heads to look at how they can reduce their budgets. But she has been vague about how much she expects each agency to cut. City Fire Chief James S. Clack said he is considering delaying advanced training courses and apparatus purchases. He also might move some administrative staff back to the field, cut overtime and send fewer firefighters to special events. Sterling Clifford, a City Hall spokesman, said city finance staff are still assessing the extent of expected revenue shortfalls.

# posted by Dave Statter @ 12:56 PM