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Posted: Mar 11, 2019

Overtime cap lifted for understaffed, overworked New York City EMTs

The city’s ambulance corps is so busy that an overtime cap applying to all other agencies has been lifted and medics are routinely putting in 60 and 70-hour weeks, union officials said. Normally, city workers can’t make more than 40 percent of their salary in overtime. However, with just 4,133 emergency medical technicians and paramedics to handle nearly 1.
- PUB DATE: 3/11/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Post
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Posted: Mar 11, 2019

Fire Truck Photo of the Day-Sutphen Quint

Cahokia (IL) Volunteer Fire Department 75-foot aerial ladder quint. Monarch cab and chassis; Cummins ISL 450-hp engine; Hale Qmax 2,000-gpm pump.

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Posted: Mar 11, 2019

Franklin County Fire Department receives new equipment

The Franklin County Fire Department upgraded its tool kit by getting new Jaws of Life. The Jaws of Life is a tool used by firefighters to pry open cars when they are trying to rescue someone from an accident. The new Jaws of Life they received are battery powered and cordless unlike the previous gasoline powered ones.
- PUB DATE: 3/10/2019 9:42:07 PM - SOURCE: NBCRightNow.com
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Posted: Mar 10, 2019

Spokane Valley firefighter places high in skyscraper 'stair climb' fundraiser with personal meaning

Spokane Valley firefighter Joseph Conley described his climb up 69 flights of stairs at the Columbia Center in Seattle as the 13 most “grueling minutes of his life.” Conley, along with about 2,000 other firefighters on Sunday, participated in the so-called “stair climb” to raise money for blood cancer research.
- PUB DATE: 3/10/2019 7:40:33 PM - SOURCE: Spokane Spokesman-Review
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Posted: Mar 10, 2019

Firefighter training to be held in the Tri-Cities

On Monday firefighters will be training for their third annual recruiting academy. It’s the largest one to date with 17 new recruits going through a four-month academy process. Local firefighters from all three Tri-City departments will join to train new people with local equipment, procedures and tactics.
- PUB DATE: 3/10/2019 6:46:47 PM - SOURCE: KEPR-TV CBS 19
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