A state Supreme Court judge ruled in the city’s favor to block arbitration over the “minimum manning” clause in its labor contract with the firefighters, which requires 15 firefighters must be on duty at all times. It’s been the main sticking point during the city’s 3½-year contract stalemate with the Watertown Professional Fire Fighters Association Local 191.
- PUB DATE: 1/31/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Watertown Daily Times

The top woman leader in the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department has resigned in a scathing letter to Chief Richard Bowers. Kathleen Stanley, who is one of only three women battalion chiefs in the fire department, was appointed by Bowers to be the Women's Program Officer. Her job was to help women in the department do their jobs without fear of harassment, misconduct or retaliation.
- PUB DATE: 1/31/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WUSA-TV 9 DC

The Fort Wayne Fire Department plans to be even more effective when responding to emergencies. By July, the department hopes to have nearly 80 firefighters trained in advanced life support on the crews of 18 of its fire engines, Chief Eric Lahey said Tuesday. That would allow the department to have firefighters trained in advanced lifesaving on every fire engine every day so they can start lifesaving care as soon as they arrive at an emergency situation.
- PUB DATE: 1/31/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Fort Wayne News-Sentinel

Former Akron fire union treasurer Joseph Ruhlin pleaded guilty Tuesday to stealing funds from the Akron fire department’s union. Ruhlin pleaded guilty under an agreement with prosecutors to a charge of theft in office and tampering with records, both third-degree felonies, which carry penalties of up to three years in prison.
- PUB DATE: 1/31/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Akron Beacon Journal

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