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TAMPA — Last June, Andrew Dixon said he opened the door of his locker at his Tampa Fire Rescue station and found a piece of paper displaying his photo. Across his forehead, in red typeface, a word had been added: Monkey. The incident came a few months after Dixon, who is Black, found a life-sized monkey figurine hanging from the rafters of the same firehouse, one of the city’s busiest. The .
The department has been hiring more firefighters and paramedics, and on Monday they took another major step by debuting eight new fire trucks and rescue units.