FDNY Probies All Fired Up

    April 29, 2003
    The FDNY bolstered its ranks yesterday, swearing in the largest probationary fire class in the city's history.

    Source Courtesy The New York Post

    The FDNY bolstered its ranks yesterday, swearing in the largest probationary fire class in the city's history.

    A total of 361 probies took their oaths at the FDNY Training Academy on Randalls Island during a morning ceremony.

    The new firefighters will begin in a 13-week training course before entering a firehouse this summer to help man the department, which is below the budgeted head count.

    Since the Sept. 11 terror attacks, the FDNY has sworn in 1,867 probies.

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