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• Minn. lawmakers hope to revive push for sprinklers in old high-rises

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  Efforts to retrofit high-rise buildings with sprinklers following a fatal apartment building fire last year were stalled due to the COVID-19 pandemic

• NY state volunteer task force seeks to boost ranks

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  Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed legislation that creates the New York State Recruitment and Retention Task Force, which will study the challenges of volunteer fire departments

• Pittsburgh may cut 200 cops, 150 FFs, 60 medics

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  City leaders said they will need to make the cuts by July 1, 2021 if more federal pandemic relief is not received

• Biden talks COVID-19, layoffs, mental health in roundtable with FF-medic, healthcare workers

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  The president-elect stated he would ensure first responders have enough PPE and sick leave, and work to prevent layoffs

• Pa. council decertifies volunteer fire company again, months after its reinstatement

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  The vote came as a shock to the Gill Hall Volunteer Fire Co., which was preparing to get back into the county's dispatch system last week

• Congress members introduce bill to make National First Responders Day a federal holiday

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  The bill would make Oct. 28 the nation's 11th legal public holiday

• New Orleans fire and EMS officials detail budget cuts going into 2021

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  City employees will continue to see a 10% pay cut and mandatory furloughs, with an overall 8% budget cut for the fire department and 18% for the EMS department

• Wash. city budget cuts would remove 3 fire engines

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  Tacoma Firefighters IAFF Local 31 criticized the plan in an open letter, saying it would significantly impact service levels

• Ohio FD faces uncertain future after ballot measure fails

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  Strongsville voters rejected a property tax increase that would have allowed the department to hire 20 new full-time firefighter-paramedics

• Idaho VFD seeks to use CARES Act funds to buy radios for every member

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  Moscow Volunteer Fire Department officials say the purchase would prevent members from needing to share radios, which could increase COVID-19 risk

• Wash. city ballot measure would raise funds for fire/EMS stations, personnel, PPE

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  Voters will decide whether to approve a levy that would raise $7.3 million per year for the Kirkland Fire Department

• Tougher Pa. Move Over law heads to governor's desk

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  The bill, which increases the penalties for failing to yield to emergency and work vehicles, was passed unanimously in both chambers of the state legislature

• IAFF's COVID-19 interim after-action report criticizes government's response

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  The International Association of Fire Fighters outlines how the organization worked to fill gaps that is says were caused by a lack of support from federal and state governments

• CARES funds help Ohio FD launch ambulance service

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  The Steubenville Fire Department was able to purchase and stock three ambulances and launch the long-awaited service on Sunday

• Ga. FD seeks to add 3rd FF to each shift at each station

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  Whitfield County's fire chief has proposed a plan to bring on enough firefighters in 10 years to allow for 3-member shifts at all 12 stations in the county

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