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  Fire and EMS budget planning primer for new fire chiefs

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  Climbing the ranks of Fire and EMS often fails to prepare new chiefs to discuss financial issues with local elected and appointed officials

• Tenn. fire dept. wants to add 67 more staff members

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  Nashville Fire Department officials voiced their concerns and said they “actually deal with having shortfalls” due to low staff numbers

• Ky. city fire and police pension debt grows by $77M

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  Officials said the debt is largely due to a change in assumptions the plan uses to project how much money it will need

• NJ fire dept. equips every firefighter with thermal imaging cameras

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  The Bayonne Fire Department is the first in the state to equip every firefighter with the technology and "speed up the search for any trapped victims”

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  How KENWOOD Viking reduces the cost of radio software for fire departments

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  KENWOOD Viking's perpetual software licensing program for fire departments significantly shrinks the costs associated with land mobile radio (LMR) ownership

• Los Angeles officials ignored report finding flaws in fire, police retirement program

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  Officials ignored a report urging them to eliminate or drastically amend a program that pays veteran first responders salaries and pensions simultaneously

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  Conn. dive team in jeopardy due to budget woes

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  Though funding for the dive team is still intact in the latest fire department budget proposal, the dive team could be on the chopping block

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  State legislators told firefighting efforts require costly improvements

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  It was the second hearing of the week for a senate committee regarding the 2017 Northern and Southern California fires and mudslides

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  Calif. fire chiefs seek money to prepare for wildfires

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  The fire chiefs said the state's "mutual aid" system for sharing resources across departments can't keep up

• Nearly half of Ariz. city reserve firefighters resign in protest

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  Twenty-two South Tucson firefighters said they are walking out because the new plan of staffing three firefighters to an engine is unsafe

• 12 firefighters to be laid off at NY station once grant expires

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  With a third grant a long shot, the Newburgh Fire Department is preparing to lay off 12 firefighters when the current award money runs out at the end of July

• Calif. fire chief: Department handled more calls with fewer resources in 2017

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  The department received 18 percent more calls in 2017 than 2016, but Fire Engine One was unavailable for an even greater part last year than the previous year,

• Fire dept. restores idle rigs after 13 months of cutbacks

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  The department saved $2.6 million between October 2016 and this November by reducing overtime from "callbacks," when staffing falls below minimums

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  Fire dept. report calls for changes worth $12.75M

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  The Kern County report detailed changes such as purchasing vehicles, firefighter pay and providing services to small cities

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  U.S. House of Representatives reauthorizes AFG/SAFER

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  Congress has weeks to act before statute authorizing fire grant programs expires

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