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• RI House approves bill making more firefighters eligible for disability pension

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  The bill would give any firefighter with a heart condition the same disability pension as a firefighter injured on duty

• NJ city approves plan to lay off 64 firefighters to plug $5.3M budget hole

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  The city said it needs to make up an anticipated increase in the 2018 budget caused by the firefighters who are being paid for by a SAFER grant

• NC firefighters angry at sudden benefit cuts

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  The Raleigh Fire Department said the city cut vacation time, holiday pay and made sick day rules stricter

• House passes bill to develop firefighter cancer registry

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  Collins' bill, the Firefighter Cancer Registry Act, would authorize $2 million in federal funding a year for five years to develop the registry

• NY gov. approves unlimited sick leave benefits for 9/11 responders

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  The responders will now be eligible for unlimited paid sick leave with full salary coverage

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  Strip clubs support mandatory bouncer training after firefighter’s death

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  After firefighter Luke Jones was killed by a strip club bouncer, his wife called for stricter regulations and training with “Luke’s Law”

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  Technology, funding, legislation: Preventing and fighting wildfires

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  With 58 million acres of national forest lands at severe risk, officials seek a solution that addresses both wildfire budgeting and forest management

• Orlando firefighters no longer allowed to ‘Fill the Boot’

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  City commissioners passed a panhandling ordinance in July that restricts panhandling from vehicles and on the roadways

• Ky. House shuts public out of meeting to discuss firefighter, police pensions

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  Officials vowed to pass legislation in a special session this year to fix the pension system, which is at least $33 billion short

• Court sides with Texas fire union in ‘evergreen clause’ case

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  The Fourth Court of Appeals ruled that the clause that keeps nearly an entire contract valid for up to a decade after it expires is not unconstitutional

• Pa. borough weighs tax credit for volunteer firefighters

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  Act 172 allows communities to offer volunteers breaks on earned income taxes and up to a 20 percent reimbursement for property taxes

• Houston firefighters won't get November vote on pay as deadline passes

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  The clock ran out on the petitions citizens submitted backing the firefighters push for "parity" with police officers of corresponding rank

• Wis. officials: Fire sprinkler rule unenforceable

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  Fire officials wanted new apartment buildings with three to 20 units to have fire sprinklers installed

• New bill aims to track cancer rates among firefighters

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  The legislation would provide the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention with the funding to analyze data related to cancer within the profession

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  NY mayor's role as public safety chief questioned

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  After Utica fire Chief Russell Brooks being placed on leave, some have questioned if Mayor Robert Palmieri can handle both positions

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