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  Mo. city officials accuse firefighters, police of harassment in pay spat

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  City Manager Sam Anselm said "the city will not be a party to the innuendos and gossip ... because an organized group of employees is not happy with their pay"

• Pa. city officials propose time off policy for volunteer firefighters

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  Officials requested a policy that would allow volunteer firefighters to take unpaid time off if they respond to an emergency prior to their shift

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• Houston chief warns pay parity measure could cause at least 800 layoffs

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  Fire Chief Sam Peña warned of dire consequences — including possible layoffs of more than 800 firefighters and deferred maintenance on aging equipment

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  LAFD comissioners give watchdog 'unfettered access' to discipline files

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  The Board of Fire Commissioners changed its policy to give the watchdog, or the Office of the Independent Assessor, access to unredacted transcripts and evidence

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  Calif. official demands $300M be spent annually on wildfire prevention

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  Assemblyman Jim Wood aid he won't support anything that falls short on funding for prevention and preparedness

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  Firefighter pleads guilty to assaulting bicyclist during argument

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  Charles Mudra was sentenced to probation for grabbing and tackling bicyclist advocate Austin Davis at a community meeting about a bike lane

• DHS offers $1.8M grant to train high schoolers for MCIs

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  The Department of Homeland Security is accepting applications for the School-Age Trauma Training grant

• Houston to put firefighter pay parity measure on ballot

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  Houston voters in November will choose whether to grant firefighters pay “parity” with police of corresponding rank and seniority

• Baltimore nixes property tax break for first responders

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  Officials said the break would have resulted in a revenue reduction of $5.3 million per year when fully phased-in

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  Judge orders Houston officials to take down firefighter pay discussion video

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  The firefighter’s union claimed city officials used footage of a committee finance meeting to “directly advocate” against the pay parity initiative

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  Houston officials say 'pay parity' could force layoffs

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  Houston Fire Chief Sam Peña said Thursday his firefighters deserve raises, but he would be hard-pressed to maintain his budget without reducing his ranks

• Firefighter union sues city over legal definition of 'catastrophic injury'

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  The city of Peoria sought to define the term to cut down on abuse, but the firefighter union says there isn't any abuse of the system

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  Mass. governor signs bill to make firefighter cancer work-related injury

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  The law means medical treatments and time off due to their illness will be covered for all firefighters diagnosed with cancer

• Volunteer first responders would be covered under proposed Pa. workers’ comp bill

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  Volunteer fire and emergency services personnel are exposed to the same dangers as members of paid companies, and they certainly deserve the same protections under the law

• Va. bills passed to prevent firefighter cancer

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  The bills were signed in honor of firefighter Victor Breeden, who lost his battle with cancer that he got from inhaling dangerous toxins

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