Rudy Giuliani's presidential campaign yesterday slammed the city's fire-union head for vowing to derail his candidacy, saying the former mayor respects firefighters and showed it when he was in City Hall.

"Rudy Giuliani has tremendous respect for firefighters and has proven that time and time again, including reopening firehouses that had been closed by previous mayors and allocating millions of dollars for life-saving equipment," said Giuliani senior adviser Anthony Carbonetti.

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