Did chief know of live-fire danger?

Published March 6, 2007 5:00am ET



New questions were raised Monday in the death of a city fire cadet during training when it was revealed that a briefing made to the fire chief and other top department officials a week earlier included details on the fatal exercise.

The PowerPoint presentation ? on the progress of Wilson?s class given Feb. 1 by Training Academy Chief Kenneth Hyde to top fire commanders ? includes a section titled “Live Burn Training,” that appeared to sharply contradict assertions by Fire Chief William Goodwin that he knew little about the details of the burn exercise.

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