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• With $2 to spare, Texas city unveils custom fire truck

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  The engine is designed specifically with an independent suspension that will allow personnel to make tighter turns on the narrow streets

• Audit: Fla. city's spending on FD, PD overtime is out of control

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  An internal auditor found that overtime expenses doubled over the last five years and in some cases doubled employees' salaries

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  Do sweat the small stuff: 3 common problems that can escalate into danger on the fireground

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• Pa. borough to eliminate all full-time FF positions

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  The borough of Larksville plans to transition to a department relying only on part-time, volunteer and subcontractor firefighters

• Unprecedented: Second round of AFG-S grants to open in October

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  Volunteer and combination departments have a second opportunity to secure COVID-19 PPE-related funding

• 9 key questions you must be able to answer during budget negotiations

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  People expect more than an impassioned plea; they want data-driven details

• Ill. city cuts 2 fire engines, approves 8 FF layoffs

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  The council voted 6-5 to make the cuts in order to fill the city's COVID-19 budget hole, despite strong opposition from the city's firefighters' union

• Ariz. city considering switch to fire department ambulance service

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  The expansion of the Mesa Fire and Medical Department's ambulance fleet and upcoming expiration of a contract with AMR has revived talks of a possible shift to public EMS

• The contamination is coming from within the building

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  How to protect firefighters from in-station hazards, like asbestos, mold and vermin

• Purging Mr. Hyde: 3 ways to cultivate the good within our ranks

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  Using a ‘personal 360’ can help minimize the mistakes that compromise the public’s trust in the fire service

• Financial mismanagement: The other smoldering fire

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  Put controls in place to prevent fire department fraud, embezzlement and other financial (and PR) nightmares

• Speccing a new pumper: Where to begin – Part 1

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  Review NFPA 1901, define the pumper’s mission, calculate weight, consider pump types and CAFS, and more

• Pa. fire company to add paid firefighters for first time in its 140-year history

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  The Greencastle Borough Council agreed to develop a budget to support paid firefighters using a fire tax, with members making at least $18/hour

• Be careful how you spend your department’s CARES funding

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  Talk to an attorney or CPA to get clarity, and work through some of the Act’s oddities before spending any money

• Pa. volunteer fire, ambulance fundraisers hurt by COVID-19

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  Officials say some departments have lost more than $20,000 from a canceled event

• Portland to pay $240K in retroactive pension benefits to 20 FF, police retirees

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  An arbitrator ruled in favor of the retirees, whose pension came out to exceed their annual pay due to an "anomaly" in the system

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