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“It’s a big scary mess, and we honestly don’t know if the help is there beyond waiting out the current circumstance and hoping more people come in to the medical field”
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Hernando County Firefighter David Hackett, 44, served at Fire Station #14 in Brooksville
“Fast attention we will not be able to provide should this mandate eviscerate our fire department roster,” the Warrentown mayor wrote in a letter to the Oregon governor
All 1,700 of Lexington’s essential workers could receive up to $5,000 in supplemental pay
In a letter to Mayor Lauren Poe, Gainesville Professional Firefighters, IAFF Local 2157, said the city is “in complete disarray” over vaccine mandate
Columbus Division of Fire: Frank D. Duff Jr. was known for his “calm and kind demeanor”
DFR is hoping to cut down on burnout, response times and overtime with single-role paramedics
Durham Fire Department announced the death of Fire Driver Jeremy Klemm, a 15-year veteran of the department, on Sunday morning
Dozens of responders and supporters gathered to rally against Orange County’s pending vaccine deadline
The suit, filed by a group of 529 firefighters, claims the city’s mandate is a violation of employees’ constitutionally protected autonomous privacy rights
Locust Grove Fire Chief Ray Vaughn served with the department for over 38 years
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