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• Wyo. Fire Department faces staffing shortages within town limits

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  Mills officials voted to reduce the Mills Fire Department to administrative-only roles and would lay off nine full-time firefighters

• Sacramento firefighters request budget increase to improve response time

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  The department needs money for more ambulances and $2 million to add improvements and staff to reopen Fire Station 9.

• U.S. Forest Service witholds Calif. wildfire payments, claims overbilling

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  The Forest Service conducted an audit of the California Fire Assistance Agreement and claims the state's reimbursement request of $72 million is inflated

• Rhode Island firefighter OT bill to become law

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  The bill mandates overtime pay for local firefighters after they work an "average" 42-hour week — which is already the case in most, but not all, Rhode Island communities

• 4 rural Ore. fire districts to form single agency

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  The new agency of about 35 firefighters and medics will cover about 450 square miles and will cost the same for people within its boundaries

• Ala. councilman accuses fire dept. of conspiracy against ambulance service

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  Councilman Charles Kirby believes the conspiracy is born out of the Fire Department’s jealousy of the Police Department because it can generate revenue with traffic citations

• Ohio city officials may approve $3.5M fire station

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  Officials are leaning towards building a new station instead of renovating the current one

• Calif. county, firefighters reach impasse on OT talks

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  The disagreement centers over paying overtime for firefighters called back to duty from vacation, who the county wants to pay as straight time, not overtime

• Conn. city looks to modernize existing firehouses

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  Fire Chief Raul Ortiz Mayor Erin Stewart are looking to map out a long-term plan for renovating some of the city’s six firehouses and, perhaps, even replacing two

• 'Beyond crisis mode': Ambulance companies struggle in Pa. suburbs

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  With their budgets increasingly strained, fire and EMS squads across the region are reaching out to the residents, not to raise money or recruit, but to educate

• Conn. city fire chief proposes doubling department staff budget to voters

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  Fire Chief Tom Casey said there are so few volunteers responding to calls in Preston that, “we’re at the point now where it’s unknown whether anyone is coming”

• NC county fire tax increase may pay for more firefighters

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  The increase, 2.3 cents per $100 in valuation would amounts to a total fire tax rate of 8.7 cents per $100 in valuation

• Maine chiefs: Stipends will help retain committed firefighters

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  Voters will decide on a measure that would create a $100,000 fund to pay minimum wages to volunteer firefighters who respond to calls

• Conn. city firefighters union defers raises to help taxpayers

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  The deferment of raises will save the district some $270,000 over the next two years

• Md. county fire union's requests would raise tax rate by 7 cents

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  What the union has requested, including implementing a DROP program and improving pension and other benefits, would require a tax increase if all done in one year

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