City fire officials, faced with budget cutbacks, costly union contracts, and complaints about the Nutter administration’s commitment to public safety, have asked the state to fund a first-ever study of the city’s needs for a 21st-century Fire Department.The request came on the same day that City Council bashed the administration’s decision to save money by putting fire companies on temporary closings known as “rolling brownouts.”

Top administration officials asked the city’s state-appointed overseer to study everything about providing fire safety, from deployment of fire companies to management structure and revenue. The move signaled a willingness by the Nutter administration to seek an independent review of any restructuring of the Fire Department.

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