Budget
Full list of Budget results
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The impact of a government shutdown on public safety
–Here's a breakdown of who is considered "essential" and "nonessential" during a federal government shutdown
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Mich. township votes to leave co-run fire department
–Garfield Township voted to leave the three-township department, effective December 2019, due in part to "taxation without representation"
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Ill. city votes to cut fire, police positions to fill budget hole
–The Peoria City Council voted 8-3 Tuesday to approve eliminating 22 firefighter and 16 police positions as part of a move to close a $6 million budget hole
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Ill. city takes first step towards cutting 22 firefighters
–After a lot of comments, complaints and dire warnings, Peoria officials voted in a nonbinding, advisory vote to approve cuts to the fire and police departments
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Ill. firefighters union: Proposed city budget is harmful to public
–Union president Ryan Brady said lives will be at risk if the city cuts two fire trucks and 22 firefighters as a proposed budget suggests
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Officials: Pa. fire dept. $500K over budget
–Reading Fire Department Chief William Stoudt said a lot of the costs are associated with an inability to recruit and keep paramedics
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Austin seeks $38M bond to renovate fire, EMS stations
–"We literally have been waiting for decades for some of these improvements," Austin Firefighters Association President Bob Nicks said
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Predictive analysis in smaller fire departments
–Making sure your numbers speak by marrying anecdotal evidence with statistics
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Doing more with less: Fire department budgets, fiscal responsibility
–Balancing fiscal constraints and expanding expectations by adopting and communicating sustainable service objectives and outcome measures
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NY city weighs options to solve firefighter, police overtime crisis
–Newburgh officials are discussing how to reduce fire and police department overtime that is on pace to fall far short of more than $700,000 in hoped-for cuts
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Va. town considers closing fire station to cut costs
–The Danville City Council is considering closing one of the town’s seven fire stations to offset a projected budget deficit
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Mo. fire dept. dispute with city may result in drastic budget cuts
–The Robertson Fire Protection District said Hazelwood's contract cancellation was illegal and that the city owed the district at least $3.2 million
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Fire and EMS budget planning primer for new fire chiefs
–Climbing the ranks of Fire and EMS often fails to prepare new chiefs to discuss financial issues with local elected and appointed officials
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Tenn. fire dept. wants to add 67 more staff members
–Nashville Fire Department officials voiced their concerns and said they “actually deal with having shortfalls” due to low staff numbers
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Ky. city fire and police pension debt grows by $77M
–Officials said the debt is largely due to a change in assumptions the plan uses to project how much money it will need
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