Deputy Chief Fire Officer, Gordon Hunter, estimated it would demand 16 officer days per month, but forecast that number would be more.

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In June, Burke fired assistants Keith Acton and Tim Hunter, a longtime Wilson ally, and replaced them with Greg Cronin and Scott Gordon, who held past head coaching experience with the New York Islanders.

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