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D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser speaks Jan. 2, 2015, after taking the oath of office at the District of Columbia Mayoral Inauguration ceremony at the Convention Center in Washington. (Associated Press) **FILE**

District of Columbia mayor to announce fire chief

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Deputy DC fire chief describes culture of fear

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DC mayor stands by fire chief, deputy mayor

By BEN NUCKOLS - Associated Press

Fire Chief Kenneth B. Ellerbe

No money sought for new D.C. firetrucks deemed ‘oversight’

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

Fire Chief Kenneth Ellerbe touts his changes for EMS service as a way to provide better service, denying that it is for staffing or budgetary reasons. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

D.C. fire officials address ambulance problems in bizarre press event

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Washington D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services Chief Kenneth B. Ellerbe (Rod Lamkey Jr/ The Washington Times)

D.C. fire chief still on the job — despite what Wikipedia says

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

Fire Chief Kenneth Ellerbe touts his changes for EMS service as a way to provide better service, denying that it is for staffing or budgetary reasons. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

Pulling paramedics off shifts appears unique to D.C.

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

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D.C. fire chief’s plan nixes paramedics in late-night ambulances

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

An arbitrator ruled Fire Chief Kenneth Ellerbe retaliated against the president D.C. firefighters union by transferring him to another job and seeking to manufacture a justification for the move. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

D.C. arbitrator: Fire chief guilty of retaliation

By Andrea Noble and Matthew Cella - The Washington Times

Washington D.C. Fire Department Lt. Robert Alvarado talks to a group of firefighters as they prepare to attend Mayor Vincent C. Gray's 2012 State of the District Address at the Sixth and I Historic Synagogue in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, February 7, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr/ The Washington Times)

ACLU questions whether D.C. firefighters get due process

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

Battalion Fire Chief Kevin B. Sloan stands in front of his parents' home in Kensington. He said the shift change that followed his transfer is making it difficult for him to help care for his elderly parents. He plans to file a complaint challenging the transfer ordered by Fire Chief Kenneth Ellerbe. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

Battalion chief slams Ellerbe’s ‘bullying’

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

D.C. Battalion Chief Richard G. Sterne Jr. at his home in Ijamsville, Md., on Monday, February 20, 2012. Chief Sterne is being threatened with demotion by D.C. Fire Chief Ellerbe. (Rod Lamkey Jr/ The Washington Times)

Fire official gets demotion papers

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

D.C. Fire Chief Kenneth Ellerbe keeps to himself before his testimony at the John A. Wilson Building in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday before the D.C. Council's Committee on the Judiciary to answer questions about a number of ongoing issues within the department. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

Ellerbe gets vote of confidence

By Andrea Noble and Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

$70,000 in D.C. fire department shirts unused because of patch

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

Fire Chief Kenneth B. Ellerbe served 27 years in the D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department during his first tour of duty in the District, before leaving for Sarasota, Fla. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

D.C. fire chief never fully vetted

By Andrea Noble and Matthew Cella - The Washington Times

Battalion Chief Richard Sterne may be demoted for reprimanding rather than suspending firefighters who had beer at a station. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

D.C. battalion chief to be demoted over beer incident

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

D.C. Battalion Chief Richard G. Sterne Jr. at his home in Ijamsville, Md., on Monday, February 20, 2012. Chief Sterne is being threatened with demotion by D.C. Fire Chief Ellerbe. (Rod Lamkey Jr/ The Washington Times)

D.C. battalion chief to be demoted over handling of beer incident

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

D.C. fire department staffer suspended over online posts

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

Lt. Robert Alvarado (right) of the D.C. Fire Department speaks to fellow firefighters before entering Mayor Vincent C. Gray's State of the District address Tuesday at Sixth & I Historic Synagogue. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

Fire official’s online racism claims removed

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

Firefighters listen to Chief Kenneth Ellerbe's State of the Department speech Jan. 24, at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library. About 100 walked out to protest shift and uniform changes. A spokesman has used social media to call their actions racist. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

Conflicting claims, racism charge roil D.C. fire department

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times