VIDEO: It's a legal victory for the union that represents Watertown's city firefighters - the union can bring its dispute over staffing levels to arbitration. Just a year ago, a state Supreme Court judge ruled the union couldn't go to arbitration. Now a state appellate court has overturned that ruling.
- PUB DATE: 2/4/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WWNY.com

A Tacoma firefighter who is president of the firefighters’ union Local 31 was suspended for 30 days without pay after an investigation found he regularly used derogatory terms to describe women and those who disagreed with him. Ryan Mudie served the suspension from Oct. 29 to Nov. 20. “Your language and behavior are degrading and insulting and absolutely cannot be tolerated,” Chief James Duggan wrote in a Sept.
- PUB DATE: 2/4/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The News Tribune

VIDEO: Witnesses say the residents of one of the homes set ablaze in the plane crash in Yorba Linda were hosting a Super Bowl party at the time of the fatal wreck. The small plane lifted off from Fullerton Municipal Airport shortly after 1:30 p.m. Sunday. Authorities said the pilot flew the 1981 twin-engine Cessna 414A about 10 miles before he encountered some sort of mid-air issue.
- PUB DATE: 2/4/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: ABC 7 News

VIDEO: CBS 11 News has learned some of the big problems the city of Dallas is having with its payroll system. The president of the Dallas Fire Fighters Association, Jim McDade, said it’s hitting the city’s firefighters particularly hard. “We have a morale problem with the fire department and this is just an added kick to the head with these guys,” said McDade.
- PUB DATE: 2/4/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: DFW CBS 11

The International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC), through their Safety, Health and Survival Section and in cooperation with the Emergency Responder Safety Institute, are urging all fire chiefs and officers to immediately issue a safety and survival alert in their departments. During an emergency safety and survival alert, personnel are urged to postpone non-emergency tasks to focus on critical safety and survival training.
- PUB DATE: 2/4/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: IAFC.org