Labor and Union Issues
After overpaying firefighters $236,288, Fort Worth and the union have been clashing over how to repay the funds, and the dispute will go to an arbitrator
Jackson Hole Fire/EMS Chief Brady Hansen said that a county error would have put firefighter, EMT and paramedic salaries “very much on the low end”
The firefighters’ union pushed for the exemption in recent contract negotiations
Successive complaints had been filed against the chief by fire department employees
Under the order, 563 beneficiaries of a firefighter fund must repay an average of about $43,000 each
Lancaster County’s volunteer fire companies include more than 50 female firefighters
The Boston Finance Commission report targeted a special payment for drug and alcohol testing pushing a four-year pay hike to as much as $74 million
Replacement firefighters have yet to be hired by the department
Chief Stephen Hernen had spent months planning for the gathering of world leaders in Ontario
2 fire department employees had filed complaints about the Chichester volunteer fire chief
Fire commissioners agreed to exhaust a ‘rainy day’ fund before the city closes the joint department in 2011
Fire Chief Robert Leary expects staffing to drop from 93 to 89
The Pittsfield Fire Department will increase its ranks from 60 to 64 and overall staffing from 90 to 94
Fire Chief Brian Murphy said he would be forced to close fire stations or mothball trucks
The firefighter was the top scorer on the oral portion of an entry exam but finished 24th and out of contention overall
A union challenged the policy after a members was warned and suspended for lighting up while away from a fire station
The East Contra Costa Fire District serves approximately 105,000 people over a 250-square-mile area
The veteran lieutenant claims city officials violated his privacy rights by telling the public and local media he had failed a drug test
Preliminary results of a NIST study show larger response crews have faster response times
Supporters of the firefighters and squad members lined up on opposite sides of a town meeting after an ambulance squad was disbanded
Chief Rob Brown was appointed chair of an IAFC task force on ecomony
Jeff Greene and four others lost their jobs after they failed to detect a fatal fire after being dispatched to a Dunwoody cul-de-sac
The firefighter who made the jokes is a 25-year veteran who’s already served a 59-day unpaid suspension for bawdy behavior
The judge’s scolding stems from a 2007 lawsuit which claimed the entrance exam for the city Fire Academy was biased against blacks
The comments that upset the two firefighters appeared in a forum about alleged racism in the department
Any vacancies due to illnesses, injuries or vacations will instead result in the loss of a fire engine for the day in Montebello
The Justice Department determined that the reading portion of the test gave whites an advantage over blacks
Monrovia bought the breathing equipment in 2009 along with 25 other departments in LA County; union said straps, PASS system had problems
Blackfoot firefighters were told that if an agreement wasn’t reached by May 23, half of the 24 could be laid off
The police chief said he just wanted the Fire Department to know police cars are not for advertising points
Any department with a rescue can multiply the capability by putting their personnel on an engine
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