The city will pay firefighters $5.9 million to settle multiple legal complaints regarding overtime and shift changes filed in recent years, according to the mayor’s office. The deal, which still needs to be approved by members of the Local 799 of International Association of Firefighters and judges in Rhode Island Superior and U.
- PUB DATE: 11/7/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Providence Journal

San Francisco Fire Department officials are investigating why worn tires kept a special strike team’s fire truck from rolling to fight the Wine Country blazes when an emergency call for help came in. Fire Chief Joanne Hayes-White said the engine captain at Station 9 on Jerrold Street in the Bayview cited the truck’s tread-poor tires as the reason for not joining four other San Francisco strike teams rushing to Santa Rosa to battle the deadly Tubbs Fire early Oct.
- PUB DATE: 11/7/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle

The White House released their official guide to first responder safety in cases of fentanyl exposure. The White House said in an announcement that the Fentanyl Safety Recommendations for First Responders “provides unified, scientific, evidence-based recommendations to first responders so they can protect themselves when the presence of fentanyl is suspected during the course of their daily activities such as responding to overdose calls and conducting traffic stops, arrests and searches.
- PUB DATE: 11/7/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FireRescue1

The fire chief and labor union president agree: Lincoln's 249-member firefighter force is stretched thin. Lincoln Fire and Rescue has added eight full-time firefighters since 1990. In the same period, the city's population has swelled by nearly 87,000 — equal to two Kearneys and a Papillion. Overtime for firefighters has surged, injuries have increased and response times have dragged as demand for their services continues to climb, said Ron Trouba, president of the Lincoln Firefighters Association.
- PUB DATE: 11/7/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Lincoln Journal Star

East Jefferson Fire-Rescue could have a new fire chief as early as today, which would allow current Chief Gordon Pomeroy to retire at the end of the year after eight years of serving as chief. The East Jefferson Fire-Rescue (EJFR) board interviewed three candidates Friday, according to Bill Beezley, communications coordinator for EJFR.
- PUB DATE: 11/7/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Peninsula Daily News