A lawsuit filed last week in federal court contends the city of Wichita does not pay its fire department investigators fairly for their work. At issue in the complaint is how many hours the investigators have to work before they begin receiving overtime. Currently, Wichita Fire Department investigators and firefighters get paid time and a half if they work more than 204 hours in a pay period, which is 27 days long, according to the lawsuit.
- PUB DATE: 1/2/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Witchita Eagle

State fire commissioner Tim Solobay stepped down Sunday with the resurfacing of a sexual harassment claim filed six years ago by Rachel Moore, who worked as an aide to Solobay when he was still a state senator. At the time, he denied Moore’s claim that he slapped her on her rear end in his Harrisburg office, but on Sunday, he tendered his resignation to Governor Wolf.
- PUB DATE: 1/2/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CBS Pittsburgh

In a blow to the Kokomo firefighters’ union, a Howard County judge late last week denied a sweeping request that was at the center of a recent complaint filed against city officials. The decision, denying the union's request for arbitration and injunctive relief, is the latest development in what has become a publicly contentious clash over the two sides’ collective bargaining efforts toward a new contract - a process that began in June and has included at least eight private meetings.
- PUB DATE: 1/2/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: kokomotribune.com

A New Year’s fire destroyed the home of a senior Curlew Fire District volunteer on State Highway 21 Monday evening. EMT/Firefighter Mario D’Lerma was returning home from an emergency medical call around 7:30 p.m. when he realized something was wrong, according to volunteer Fire Chief John Foster Fanning with Ferry/Okanogan Fire Protection District 14.
- PUB DATE: 1/2/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Ferry County View

People in Yakima and Union Gap may be a little safer than they were before, and this could save you some money. The non – profit Washington Surveying and Rating Bureau or WSRB has recently improved the fire class rating for the city of Yakima and Union Gap. Yakima’s fire protection class rating went from a 4 to a 3 and Union Gap’s went from a 5 to a 4.
- PUB DATE: 1/2/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: kimatv.com