Hillsborough County will reopen its review of four paramedics facing discipline in the case of a stroke patient who died, saying it needs to know more about why the medics decided not to transport her during an emergency call. County Administrator Mike Merrill announced the decision after the paramedics gave statements during closed hearings into the matter Tuesday at County Center.
- PUB DATE: 8/1/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Tampa Tribune and TBO.com (Tampa Bay Online)

According to the Asheville Fire Department, for the second time in North Carolina history, a firefighter death caused by cancer is being determined by the Industrial Commission as a “line of duty death.” The fire department says this decision means his family will receive a survivor’s benefit. It will also give Willis’ children free college education at public North Carolina universities.
- PUB DATE: 8/1/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLOS

A district judge issued a temporary restraining order against Mayor Sylvester Turner in the latest chapter of the long-standing dispute with the firefighter's union over a pay parity initiative. The Houston Professional Firefighter's Association claims Turner and council member Dave Martin, who is also named in the suit, used a meeting last week at the council's subcommittee on finance to campaign against the initiative that would establish "pay parity" between police officers and firefighters.
- PUB DATE: 8/1/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTRK-TV ABC 13 Houston

Firefighters who inadvertently left food cooking on the stove caused the fire that left their northwest Omaha fire station with extensive damage. It will take at least three weeks to repair the damage caused by the Sunday morning fire at Station 43, near 103rd and Fort Streets, officials said Monday.
- PUB DATE: 8/1/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Omaha World-Herald

After four contentious years, the nuts and bolts of the contract dispute between the city and its firefighters’ union should be decided during a two-day arbitration hearing in the fall. The city and the Watertown Professional Fire Fighters Association Local 191 will meet on Oct. 18 in an “interest arbitration” proceeding regarding the overall firefighters contract.
- PUB DATE: 8/1/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Watertown Daily Times