Legislation and Funding
As part of the FireRescue1 Legislation & Funding topic, we highlight articles that will affect the bottom line of fire department budgets and operations.
A voter-approved tax allowed Boulder County to provide grants to fund equipment, station upgrades and emergency vehicles
The fund supports 137,000 people affected by toxic exposure from the attacks at the World Trade Center, as well as the plane crashes in Pennsylvania and at the Pentagon
The Kern County Fire Department will use the money to reduce exposure to cancer-causing materials and to support the department’s critical incident stress management program
If approved, the deal is expected to cost the city $74 million
A SAFER grant of $1.7 million would pay for the salary and benefits of the Alameda firefighters
The donor is requiring that the money be spent on equipment purchases that were cut back due to budget shortfalls
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
St. Petersburg is strongly considering creating a fire district to close a $10.5 million deficit in the city’s public safety budget
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
Congressional Fire Services Institute also hosted seminars addressing issues that directly relate to the safety of first responders
The cuts aim to reduce a budget deficit of about $450,000
Fire Chief Brian Murphy said he would be forced to close fire stations or mothball trucks
The proposal would give the court the discretion to add up to five years in prison to the sentence of anyone who kills an emergency responder
The East Contra Costa Fire District serves approximately 105,000 people over a 250-square-mile area
Supporters of the firefighters and squad members lined up on opposite sides of a town meeting after an ambulance squad was disbanded
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
Firefighters are poised to get a 19 percent raise over 4 years and retroactive pay in a package that could cost the city $74 million
Fire officials say the $323,000 will be used topurchase radios, laptops and defibrillators
A member from the rescue squad said firefighters showed up to their headquarters and took equipment
State law says that part-time township employees without health and pension benefits aren’t supposed to work more than 1,500 hours a year
The panel was asked to define equality and describe what diversity in the fire service should be like
The firefighters have been feuding with their board over what they criticize as a lack of spending to replace old equipment, including trucks and breathing equipment
Towns, counties, fire departments, EMS, and other agencies all benefitted from money, with the main goal of building NIMS compliance
The fire department would take over car extrications, hazardous material situations, and confined space rescues
The Chambersburg Borough Council approved two ordinances that put bilingualism stipulations into fire department hiring policies
The local fire union is fighting to keep an engine company and truck company operating
Buffalo’s nearly 700 firefighters are faced with a 5.5 percent wage decrease and paying back raises since 2007
The department, with 15 volunteers, is focused on expanding its inventory of equipment used in fire response
Riverside County faces significant budget constraints and might have to close fire stations
A board of supervisors voted unanimously to consolidate Millersville, West Lancaster, Washington Boro and Highville companies