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Boston Mayor Thomas Menino called for random alcohol and other drug testing after tests revealed that a pair of firefighters who died in a fire may have been impaired, but the firefighters’ union has refused to agree to testing without other concessions, the Boston Globe reported Jan. 16.

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Two Boston firefighters were under the influence of alcohol and cocaine, respectively, when they died in a recent fire, and the autopsy results have helped renew calls for mandatory random drug testing, the New York Times reported Oct. 6.

Firefighter Paul J. Cahill, 55, had a high level of alcohol in his body when he died in an August fire at a Chinese restaurant, while the autopsy of fellow firefighter Warren J. Payne found traces of cocaine. Boston remains in the minority of big cities that don’t require random drug testing of firefighters, although a 1999 independent report recommended that drug testing be expanded beyond “for-cause” screening.

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