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• Houston firefighters pitch tent after truck breaks down

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  Firefighters waited 11 hours for a tow truck to arrive after their 14-year-old apparatus broke down after a back-to-school event

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  Doing more with less: Fire department budgets, fiscal responsibility

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  Balancing fiscal constraints and expanding expectations by adopting and communicating sustainable service objectives and outcome measures

• Calif. fire officials ask for $42M annual plan to boost staffing, service

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  The plan would add about 175 paid firefighters, many of them paramedics, to bolster the county’s current paid firefighting force of 400

• Wash. fire dept. evacuated due to asbestos

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  The asbestos was found while workers removed floor tiles as part of an ongoing renovation process

• Md. fire station closes due to lack of volunteers

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  Joppa-Magnolia Volunteer Fire Company leaders cited “a noticeable decline in volunteer participation” at the 505 Trimble Road station

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  NY city budget jeopardized by fire, police overtime

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  Expected shortfalls in both fire and police overtime savings have spurred a citywide spending freeze

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  Va. town considers closing fire station to cut costs

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  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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  Ariz. first responders named in wrongful death lawsuit

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  The lawsuit names Pima County, Rural/Metro Fire Department and an individual deputy and paramedic as defendants

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  Calif. city may seek new home for destroyed fire station

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  Reasons to move the Santa Rosa station include the ability to build a bigger station, as well as positioning firefighters closer to high-density areas

• NY firefighters object to open search for new chief

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  Current Utica Fire Department Chief Russel Brooks instead urged officials to open up the fire chief's exam by making firefighters ranked captain or higher eligible

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  Mich. city's solar-powered fire station to save $6K per year

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  The 50kW, 176-panel solar array that converted the firehouse to solar power was installed last year at a cost under $60,000

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  The dangers of mixing alcohol consumption and firefighting

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  What are the legal ramifications of FFUI and FFWI?

• Fla. city seeking 18 responders for new station

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  Firefighter Colton Conrad, who has been employed with Panama City Beach for three years, said it's a tough job, but the payoff is worth it

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  Firefighter poem: ‘The Physicians Choice’

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  A volunteer firefighter/AEMT relates who is chosen to be guardian angels on Earth

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  Houston Fire Dept. ambulance breaks down on highway

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  "While we understand things break, when it becomes the norm not the exception is when the alarm needs to be sounded," union president Patrick Lancton said

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