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Friday, March 29, 2013  Paul Linnertz, 53, will take the reigns of the Syracuse Fire Department, taking over for retiring Chief Mark McLees.

Wednesday, February 27, 2013  Update: Victim identified as 71-year-old Santa Claudio

Tuesday, February 26, 2013  Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner announced her appointments for the next Fire Chief and First Deputy Fire Chief for the City of Syracuse on Tuesday afternoon.

Tuesday, February 05, 2013  Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner has announced that Fire Chief Mark McLees and Deputy Chief Charlie Duffy intend to retire next month.

Friday, January 25, 2013  Syracuse firefighters union, Local 280, placed and ad in The Post-Standard in an effort to stop Fire Station 7 from closing. The ad ran in Thursday’s "Neighbors" section.

Wednesday, January 16, 2013  Fire Station No. 7 on Syracuse's east side may close to eliminate $30 million budget deficit.

Wednesday, October 10, 2012  Syracuse Firefighter Lieutenant Beth Cousins was honored Wednesday afternoon by Onondaga County for her commitment to fire safety education.

Monday, July 16, 2012  The Syracuse Fire Department was called to three fires in less than 12 hours on Sunday, one of which has been called an arson.

Friday, June 22, 2012  Syracuse investigators are asking for your help as they try to track down whoever may be responsible for setting as many as seven fires in the Tipperary Hill section of the city since May 4th. Have you seen any suspicious activity recently?

Wednesday, January 18, 2012  Occupy Syracuse protestors were expecting police Wednesday morning.  They were given 24 hours to leave their camp on South Salina Street, where they have been for months.

Wednesday, January 18, 2012  Occupy Syracuse has been given 24 hours to leave their camp.

Monday, November 14, 2011  Two investigators from the Federal Railroad Administration are in Syracuse looking into what caused Friday afternoon's derailment along East Colvin St. near the Syracuse University campus.

Sunday, September 11, 2011  Syracuse firefighters marked the 10th anniversary of 9/11 today in downtown.

Monday, May 02, 2011  "Wow" was the reaction Syracuse Fire Chief Mark McLees had when he picked up his newspaper Monday morning and read that Osama bin Laden had been killed.

Wednesday, January 12, 2011  Syracuse Common Council members heard from the Syracuse police chief and fire chief, in response to an audit that showed Syracuse is exceeding Rochester's overtime spending by millions of dollars.