Over howls of protest from Rhode Island’s municipal leaders, the House of Representatives on Tuesday approved a two-bill package mandating that cities and towns pay overtime to firefighters who average more than 42 hours in a workweek, as opposed to the 53-hour-a-week federal O.T. threshold. The largely party-line vote was 62-9 in a state that regularly tops the national charts in its cost of firefighting services, and it followed days of protests by mayors and town managers across the state, including Warwick Mayor Joseph J.
- PUB DATE: 4/10/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Providence Journal - Metered Site

It was a snowy, foggy afternoon in the waning days of 2017 — the last Friday before New Year's Eve — when then-Assistant Spokane Fire Marshal Megan Phillips arrived at the Ridpath building. Hundreds of thousands of dollars were riding on what she had to say. Investors were eager to begin benefitting from the downtown project's historic tax credits.
- PUB DATE: 4/10/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Inlander

This pumper on a commercial chassis is assisting at one of the various H.O.T. evolutions offered at FDIC International 2019. 

Damaged electrical wiring is to blame for a March house fire north of Five Corners that briefly trapped a young boy inside, according to the Clark County Fire Marshal’s Office. Fire crews were dispatched at 4:38 a.m. March 6 to 9012 N.E. 91st St. The fire was controlled in roughly 40 minutes, but the one-story house and two vehicles were destroyed, Vancouver Fire Department Capt.
- PUB DATE: 4/9/2019 8:54:08 PM - SOURCE: Vancouver Columbian