NY1 At 20: 1996 Report Explains Push By FDNY To Add Fifth Person On Truck
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NY1 VIDEO: As NY1 News revisits its 20-year history, the station looks back at reporter Andrew Schmertz's January 18, 1996 story that explains why a six-year-old belt-tightening policy within the FDNY was reversed following a string of firefighter deaths.