Funding

Full list of Funding results

1. Sort By:
2. All
3. Articles
4. Columns
5. Photos
6. Videos

• Deceased woman’s family fighting responders over controversial donation

  –

  Carol Colby, 86, donated $60,000 to four emergency response agencies, but her family wants to use the money to pay off her debts and cover funeral expenses

• 

  FCC: NY 911 taxes are 'deceiving' to customers

  –

  Officials said 911 centers are suffering because the New York government is diverting the monthly funds collected from the $1.20 fee into the state’s general fund

• 

  NY mayor says he'll 'continue to fight the good fight' in fire dept. dispute

  –

  Mayor Joseph Butler Jr. insisted he will press on with his views about how the city can save money by changing the contract with the firefighters’ union

• 

  Judge: Ill. city violated contract by cutting fire dept. staff

  –

  The Mattoon Fire Department will now be able to hire more firefighters after a judge said the city broke a contract by cutting down on their employees

• NY town may consider grant to hire more firefighters

  –

  The grant could be used to rehire laid-off firefighters, retain firefighters facing layoffs, fill positions vacated through attrition or hire new firefighters

• State audit uncovers $80K in unclaimed funds for Pa. city firefighters

  –

  Auditor General Eugene DePasquale recovered $80,814 for the Coal Township Volunteer Firemen's Relief Association that was sitting unclaimed with the treasury

• 

  Fire chief: Volunteer dept. showed up to blaze with no water

  –

  Fire Chief Gary Brunoli proposed funding be cut for a volunteer department instead of laying off a paid firefighter

• 

  Struggling Maine town votes to keep its fire department

  –

  A chronic shortage of firefighters motivated selectmen to consider eliminating the town’s fire service, but officials voted to keep the department

• 

  Grant assistance for rural departments

  –

  The Volunteer Fire Assistance Program provides assistance to organize, train and equip fire departments in rural areas

• 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

• 

  Firefighter recruitment help is available through SAFER grant

  –

  FEMA opens the SAFER grant application period for career, combination and volunteer firefighter recruitment assistance

• Houston votes to spend $2M on fire dept. highwater rescue vehicles, boats

  –

  The purchase comes six months after Hurricane Harvey's flooding, which exposed glaring inadequacies in the Houston Fire Department's high-water rescue fleet

• Ohio more than doubles firefighter health program budget

  –

  Officials plan to award an additional $2.7 million after receiving hundreds of applications for equipment and improvements to prevent cancer

• 

  Conn. city union sues state union over misuse of funds

  –

  Local 825 claimed they learned the union was misusing their funds that they believed were used to educate state lawmakers on firefighter issues

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

  –

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

• Load more