Once Civil Service testing for the chief of department began in 1911 , as a legacy of Theodore Roosevelt 's reforms to rid the government of Tammany corruption , it ensured that there was '' someone in that office who was beyond the control of City Hall , '' said Dennis Smith , a retired firefighter who has written several books on the New York City Fire Department . ''
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