An off-duty firefighter who sprang into action during last fall's massacre at the Route 91 Harvest festival in Las Vegas -- where a gunman killed 58 people and injured hundreds -- spoke about his harrowing experience yesterday to a room full of Massachusetts firefighters and urged those struggling after bouts of trauma to get professional help.
- PUB DATE: 5/11/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Boston Herald

The city plans to spend $3.2 million to adjust the pay of more than 6,000 employees next year. The one-time allocation will boost salaries to bring workers in line with their peers, or to ensure that managers aren’t making less than people they supervise. Public safety staff – especially firefighters – have asked the city to deal with the problem for more than a decade.
- PUB DATE: 5/11/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Virginian-Pilot

Questions arise in the Detroit Fire Department after a woman was electrocuted by a downed power line. Should Detroit firefighters stay with downed power lines until utility crews arrive with a fix? Protocol says yes, but a recently-issued policy says no. Now, a woman is dead after touching an unattended line in an alley.
- PUB DATE: 5/11/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: fox2detroit.com

Gov. Phil Murphy said Thursday he's ready to hand over control of police and firefighters' pensions -- but only if state lawmakers agree to some minor changes to the controversial spinoff. The governor conditionally vetoed the bill (S5) on Thursday, calling for "technical changes" to protect the pension fund and New Jersey taxpayers.
- PUB DATE: 5/11/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NJ.com

Cedar Hammock firefighter Michael Dunn started wondering what happened to his patients after an overdose call. "We would get these calls and save their lives and essentially jump back into the fire truck and leave for the next one,” said Dunn. He wanted to give people the resources they need to get clean.
- PUB DATE: 5/11/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: abcactionnews.com