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Detroit’s 3 top fire officials ousted

The commissioner announced the shakeup as part of his pledge to improve the city’s struggling fire system

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The Motor City Muckraker

DETROIT — Delivering on a pledge to fix Detroit’s long-beleaguered Fire Department, first-year Commissioner Eric Jones announced a major shakeup Wednesday.

Jones ousted three top officials – Interim Deputy Commissioner John Berlin, Fire Marshal Robin Eagan and Chief of Training Stephen Johnson, all of whom have the option of reverting to their former rank.

The shakeup comes a little more than four months after Jones, a former police chief, was appointed by Mayor Mike Duggan. Jones replaced Commissioner Edsel Jenkins after Motor City Muckraker revealed major problems within his administration.

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