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The article discusses the reaction of the Uniformed Firefighters Association (UFA) on the claim made by the New York City Fire Department that by the use of a computerized model, the association has achieved a savings of $7 million. The deployment of men and equipment under all possible situations is stimulated and evaluated by the model. The UFA's president, Michael J. Maye, calls the claim of $7 million saving a paper figure. He says that $600,000 spent on computer studies might better have been spent on more manpower and latest tools.