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• $4.5M plan to reduce strain on Calif. fire dept. approved

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  The new effort comes months after officials raised concerns about the Los Angeles County Fire Department’s aging stations and equipment

• Former Texas chief, ex-firefighter son charged for stealing fire dept. funds

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  Former Little River Academy Volunteer Fire Department Chief David Borders and his son, William, are accused of stealing thousands from the department

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• Fire dept. pays off bank loan for new station through donations

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  Community members raised around $400,000 for the Victor Fire Department, giving them more than enough to pay off their $200,000 loan

• Pa. EMS chief: ‘Who will rescue the rescuers’ from crisis?

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  Susquehanna Township EMS Chief Matthew Baily wrote a letter in response to a Senate commission report and said responders are “woefully underfunded”

• Report: The estimated costs of NG911

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  After two years of research, a team of experts has determined that it will cost between $9.5 and $12.7 billion over the next ten years to expand NG911

• $2M grant allows Fla. fire dept. to hire 21 new responders

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  A SAFER Grant will pay for 75 percent of the newly-hired firefighters’ and EMS providers’ salaries for the next two years

• La. firefighters to get first pay raise in 11 years

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  New Orleans firefighters will receive a 10 percent pay bump as part of a nearly $702 million spending plan approved by city officials

• NJ volunteer fire dept. uses $100K grant to buy new equipment

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  The Demarest Volunteer Fire Department purchased 12 portable radios, which means all 33 volunteers now have their own equipment

• Pa. announces $55.1 million for volunteer firefighters

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  More than 2,500 municipal governments will receive 2018 state tax-generated funds to distribute to volunteer firefighters relief associations

• Ill. city votes to cut fire, police positions to fill budget hole

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  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

• Never miss another fire grant application period

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  SAFER, The Fire Prevention & Safety Grant and AFG 2019 are all on the horizon, start the application process today

• NY counties using grants to upgrade 911 equipment

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  The improvements come after Oneida County experienced several issues, such as when mice chewed through phone lines, causing Verizon customers not to be able to contact 911

• Chief Conversations: Long-term funding of federal grant programs

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  This video series is brought to you by Globe and MSA. View the other videos in the series here.  By FireRescue1 Staff FireRescue1 Executive Editor Chief Marc Bashoor speaks with U.S. Fire Administrator G. Keith Bryant at Fire Rescue International about the six-year reauthorization of the Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) and SAFER grant programs approved by President Trump.  According to Bryant, there is an average of $350 million set aside for each program, but those numbers could go up.  "So far what we're seeing in the Senate and House markups of the budget, they'll stay about where they're at," he tells Bashoor. "But, the indication is there that there might be some additional funding for the Urban Search and Rescue Program and the Urban Areas Security Initative.'

• La. chief turns wife in for embezzling $225K from fire dept.

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  Chief Alan Guitreau's wife, Melissa, was arrested and accused of embezzling $225,000 after her husband reported her confession to him

• Ill. firefighters union: Proposed city budget is harmful to public

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  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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