Labor and Union Issues
West Chester Township leaders say the policy will save the city about $230,000 in overtime
The Seattle Firefighters Union said there have been about 40 alleged attacks on on-duty firefighters over four months
The agreement would require approval from union members and the legislature
ICE agents said the firefighter, who is a Mexican national, was convicted of shooting at or from a motor vehicle back in 1999
A judge says despite progress from recent recruiting, the FDNY hasn’t committed enough time or resources to reverse a long history of discrimination
According to a union survey, 94 of 103 firefighters were displeased with chief
The EEOC’s lawsuit charged that a town and four fire companies refused to let volunteer firefighters older than 62 accrue service credit
He was relieved of his duties as the volunteer fire chief about the same time the allegations were first brought to light
Robert Kramer, who has served on the executive board of the Memphis Fire Fighters Association for six years, submitted his letter of resignation Monday
An investigation by the LAFD found that the videos were taken in 2008
Her family has a long history of firefighting, starting at least three generations ago
Fire Chief Pete O’Neil said he would like to see the number grow, possibly when the department hires a dozen new firefighters in 2015
When fire company officials discovered a missing sum of $35,000 from bingo games in March 2010, they told police
Firefighters would receive a 6 percent raise retroactive to Oct. 1 instead of raises in 2012 and 2013; another 1 percent raise would be due in October 2014
One of the firefighters was a 19-year-old
Hilton Head Island Fire & Rescue Division has incorporated prayers into monthly meetings for a decade, since the 9/11 terror attacks
The resignation comes at a tumultuous time for the East Naples fire district, which declared “financial urgency” because of a projected $3.2 million budget shortfall
Firefighters quit after one department member was suspended for driving a newer fire truck to a blaze outside the city limits in violation of a new policy
City officials accused the firefighters union of failing to propose anything to guarantee the level of savings other public employee groups have agreed to in recent talks
Despite the extension, he said he doesn’t want to be a “one-person exception” to the deadline and won’t apply
The woman was featured semi-nude atop a Los Angeles fire truck, prompting an investigation
Both parties have acknowledged the need for cuts from firefighters to balance the fire district’s budget
Two rookie firefighters present at the station weren’t aware the incident was a prank
The declaration calls for a 14-day impact bargaining process between the union, the fire district officials and their attorneys
Budget problems in the city recently forced officials to lay off 17 firefighters, forcing firefighters to wait for another crew further away
LA City firefighters are under investigation for allegedly appearing in porn movies on the job and also setting up a fire truck scene
Clips like this one don’t shine a positive light on the fire and emergency services
Agents with the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation are actively looking for the man who shot and killed Nichols Hills Fire Chief Keith Bryan
The video, titled “Rookie prank,” shows a masked man bursting into a fire station and threatening firefighters with a gun
The department hoped to generate enough income to pay for the cost of materials and the firefighters who otherwise would be laid off
The inspector general had recommended that all 54 accused firefighters be fired, but the fire commissioner terminated four
Two out of the three current rescue companies would remain to perform search-and-rescue and hazardous-materials tasks