Nicholas Scoppetta
Nicholas Scoppetta
Nicholas Scoppettawas the 31st New York City Fire Commissioner. He was appointed to that position by Mayor Michael Bloomberg on January 1, 2002 and was succeeded by Salvatore Cassano on January 1, 2010...
administer clear expressed function perform required views
As a chaplain he would be required to administer to all of our people, and his expressed views make it clear to me that he would not be able to perform that function with any credibility,
none six system
There were 22 interventions during that little girl's six years of life, and none of it prevented her death. I think the system was not functioning in those days.
department saving
doing what this department does best, and that is saving lives.
addressing approach four learned lessons regional
One of the lessons we learned four years ago was the need for a regional approach to addressing large-scale disasters,
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To leave a child unattended for an hour on a city street in New York is pretty inappropriate.
happy understand
We understand we have an obligation, and we're happy to do it,
appointed role serve unable
would have been unable to effectively serve in the role he was appointed to.