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• Pa. county to conduct comprehensive study of public safety services

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  While the state will select and pay for a consultant, the study will include input from "fire chiefs, fire and EMS personnel and municipal leaders"

• Calif. city's plan to temporarily deactivate engines, shutter stations draws backlash

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  Oakland union representatives and officials from neighboring cities said the brownouts will have a "cascading effect" on local fire and EMS response

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• Fire, EMS product placement in my own terrifying COVID-19 movie

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  Personal experience showed me the impact of grants in getting crews the tools they need to help patients like my son

• AFG priority list: It’s time to address its shortcomings

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  ‘High-priority’ PPE does not always include gear deemed obsolete and/or out of compliance with current standards

• LAFD union agrees to delay raises in a bid to avoid layoffs

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  The raises, originally scheduled to begin this summer, will be delayed for 18 months to put a hold on proposed layoffs as the city faces a $675 million budget shortfall

• NY union sued by city over efforts to reinstate laid-off FFs

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  The city of Ogdensburg is seeking to stop the union from going to an arbitrator over a minimum staffing clause included in its contract

• Pa. fire company to disband after 122 years of service

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  The closure announcement comes three months after the Liberty Fire Co.'s former chief was charged with emblezzling more than $16,000 from the organization

• Mo. fire district plans to sell half of its firehouses

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  The Warrenton Fire Protection District has already sold multiple apparatus due to financial troubles

• Fla. county could face public safety radio shutdown due to outstanding $1.6M bill

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  The county has been given a deadline of 55 days to pay the bill, which is about $500,000 over its budget, after which first responders will no longer have radio communications access

• New Orleans ends furloughs for firefighters, police, but warns of possible future layoffs

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  The city tapped into a line of credit in order to exempt public safety workers from the cutbacks, but said additional funding will be needed to prevent future cuts

• How public safety agencies can combat the financial impact of COVID-19

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  Leaders can act now to proactively address staffing, equipment and other financial impacts of the pandemic

• 1 N.Y. firefighter has expressed interest in city's $25K retirement incentive offer

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  The offer to Ogdensburg firefighters was first set at $20K but was upped to $25K on Christmas Eve as an 'offering of good faith and reconciliation' following a month-long debate about staffing

• Time-traveling to remember your pre-COVID-19 priorities

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  Don’t let the current crisis destroy your previously identified individual goals and departmental priorities

• NY FFs turn down $20K retirement offer

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  Firefighters expressed distrust in the validity of the offer, which had not been put in writing

• NY FD opposes proposal to no longer send FFs on EMS calls

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  The Watertown City Council may vote to permanently remove the fire department's rescue truck and EMS operations

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