Staff and volunteers of Orcas Island Fire and Rescue have bared their bums for charity. A shiny 2017 calendar is available at a variety of shops around Eastsound containing scantily clad photos of some of Orcas' emergency response heroes. Taking a page from fire stations around the country, OIFR Commissioner Barbara Bedell thought the calendar would be a great way to raise funds for the volunteer firefighters.
- PUB DATE: 5/27/2016 2:07:21 AM - SOURCE: San Juan Islands' Sounder

Staff and volunteers of Orcas Island Fire and Rescue have bared their bums for charity. A shiny 2017 calendar is available at a variety of shops around Eastsound containing scantily clad photos of some of Orcas' emergency response heroes. Taking a page from fire stations around the country, OIFR Commissioner Barbara Bedell thought the calendar would be a great way to raise funds for the volunteer firefighters.
- PUB DATE: 5/27/2016 2:07:21 AM - SOURCE: San Juan Islands' Sounder

In what labor union lawyers said was an unprecedented move, the Central Fire board Thursday voted to cut firefighters’ base pay 7 percent starting in July and require firefighters to pay back 7 percent of their base salary for the past 12 months. The decision came with a caveat: If Central Fire and its labor union negotiate a new contract by mid-July, there will be no pay cut or retroactive pay cut.
- PUB DATE: 5/27/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: santa cruz sentinel

An American flag on the back of a fire truck and decals on the truck windows is leading to a new dispute at the Central Coventry Fire District. The firefighters union said they're being asked to take them off. "The members are very upset," Firefighters Union President David Gorman told NBC 10 News. "I have a couple members, armed service retired, retired from the guard.
- PUB DATE: 5/27/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJAR-TV NBC 10 Providence

A former fire investigator who worked for the Fairfax County Fire Department for 20 years has filed a lawsuit against 17 of her ex-colleagues, accusing them of bullying, sexual harassment and conspiring to get her to quit. Patricia Tomasello said the harassment and discrimination started when she joined the department in 1996.
- PUB DATE: 5/27/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: nbc washington