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Nearly a third of New York City's firefighters are off-duty and 20 percent of fire companies were out of service on Monday as a result of de Blasio's vaccine mandate, with 800 EMTs also refusing to take the shot along with 5,400 cops.  As of Tuesday morning, 3,300 of the FDNY's 11,000 firefighters were not working, including 1,000 who have taken unpaid leave as a result of the mandate and 2,300…