Mayor Joe Riley says he doesn't believe them.

He's talking about City firefighters voicing concerns in the wake of the deadliest fire involving firemen since 9-11. City firefighters, past and present, have expressed their concerns. Some are so worried about their safety, they've turned to YouTube videos for training. Others say the only changes since the fire have come on paper. Riley says if firefighters have complaints, they should bring them to his attention, but firefighters say they fear they won't have jobs if they do so. When asked how he feels about the issues several anonymous fire fighters continue to bring forward, Mayor Riley says he doesn't believe them.

"I said no. I don't. I believe Chief Thomas is the man for the job," said Mayor Riley.

We're talking about the complaints we continue to hear from City firefighters about their Chief, about their lack of equipment more than three months after one of the deadliest firefighter tragedies in history, and about the way the 27 recommendations for change are being addressed. Riley stands by what he's said all along.

"I believe Chief Thomas is the man to do the job. He has my full support," said Riley.

He also fully supports 19 new policies or procedures that have been "implemented." But when we took a closer look, our count was closer to 14. That's because Riley is counting policies that are in the process of being completed, but have not been implemented yet, like aquiring larger diameter hoses.

"They're still studying that. Once they recommend sizes, we'll begin acquiring those sizes," said Riley.

No new hoses are on order yet. Again, Riley says he's waiting for a specific size recommendation from the City's post assessment review team. In order to compensate for the lack of a larger hose, firefighters have been instructed to run dual two- or two and a half inch hose lines out off their trucks.

Firefighters say they've learned about many of the department's changes via memos. Since August, Charleston firefighters have received at least 21 memos, plus two new policies to be implemented immediately.