Posted: Oct 8, 2018
The mayor has ended a stepped-up fire watch program that has been criticized heavily as a waste of resources by the city’s firefighters union.
In a press release issued Saturday, Mayor Tony George stated: “At this time, after evaluating all of the available data and information collected over the past two months, the decision has been made to restore the prior Community Fire Watch schedule.
- PUB DATE: 10/8/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Times Leader
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Posted: Oct 8, 2018
After months of trading barbs from a distance, Mayor Sylvester Turner and the head of Houston’s firefighters’ union met in a vigorous but civil debate Saturday, displaying their fundamental differences over just about everything related to the November ballot referendum that would grant firefighters pay “parity” with police officers of corresponding rank and seniority.
- PUB DATE: 10/8/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Houston Chronicle
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Posted: Oct 5, 2018
El Dorado Springs Firefighter Russ Hayes, 62, has died after a wreck in a firetruck.
The El Dorado Springs firefighter lost control of a vehicle in Stockton, and was life-flighted to Springfield.
El Dorado Springs City Manager Bruce Rogers tells KOLR10 that Hayes, 62, was on his way to have a pump inspected for annual certification on one of their trucks.
- PUB DATE: 10/5/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Ozarks First
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Posted: Oct 5, 2018
Four central Sonoma County fire agencies aim to join forces within months as one huge fire district — a shift fast-tracked by the October fires and the most visible progress in a years-long effort to streamline the county’s outdated, uneven and financially struggling fire services network.
Windsor, Rincon Valley and Bennett Valley fire districts and the Mountain Volunteer Company are on track to be one agency by this spring.
- PUB DATE: 10/5/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Santa Rosa Press Democrat
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Posted: Oct 5, 2018
The downsizing of government in the city of Youngstown began Thursday with cuts in the fire department.
There will likely be more to come, one city official told us the police department and clerk of courts may be next. But Thursday the focus is on the fire department.
"We all have to tighten our belt to be more fiscally responsible with the cities money," Youngstown Fire Chief Barry Finley said.
- PUB DATE: 10/5/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WYTV-TV 33 News
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