Head Of NYPD Sergeants Union Slams FDNY

The street fight between city cops and firefighters fueled by the TV show "NYPD 24/7" continued to rage yesterday, as the head of the police sergeants union fired off a letter slamming the FDNY.

Ed Mullins, president of the Sergeants Benevolent Association, wrote to his members, blasting smoke-eaters for taking out full-page ads in newspapers this week.

The ads criticized Police Commissioner Ray Kelly for comments made by a former NYPD lieutenant on the June 29 episode of the ABC reality series.

The retired lieutenant mocked firefighters, and suggested FDNY medical technicians were "amateurs" and incompetent to treat wounded people.

The firefighters union was outraged, and published an ad claiming the lieutenant was "handpicked" by the NYPD as its "poster boy"