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.
Lower Merion Township offers a 100% real estate tax credit to active volunteer firefighters and ambulance personnel who live and own property in the township
After battling cancer and enduring costly treatments, Westport Firefighter Paul Spennato advocates for early detection to protect his fellow firefighters
Trump’s spending bill keeps firefighter pay raises but cuts thousands of federal jobs, raising wildfire concerns
Officials said the proposal calls for the city of Muskegon to dismantle its fire department and contract fire service from Muskegon Heights
The quarterly grants offer fire departments a way to fund smaller projects and needs outside of the larger federal funding opportunities
Around 150 firefighters went to Raleigh to ask legislators to pass a bill they say is currently being blocked by a senator
Officials, citing the need for action after last fall’s catastrophic and deadly October fires, also agreed to spend $800,000 to recruit and retain firefighters
More than 2,000 people have paid the $25 membership fee to be part of the Edinboro Volunteer Fire Department’s club launched to help fund operations
Instead of formally logging the hours, employees struck agreements with their supervisors, privately keeping track of “pocket time” in the fire department
Some city officials and cycling activists questioned the proposed use of the money for overtime rather than to make streets safer for cyclists and pedestrians
Greensboro firefighters currently start at $13 an hour and get 13 hours of overtime a month despite working 56 hours a week
Marion County voted to approve an amended contract with the county’s fire rescue union to increase the pay of paramedics and firefighter/paramedics
“Dispatchers are now answering approximately 1,000 more calls per day. That’s about 1,000 more calls from seven years ago,” Mayor Mark Farrell said
The 600-member Buffalo Fire Department has been operating without a commissioner or deputy commissioner since the beginning of May
Should the controversial merger go forward, the grant funds will help ease the cost of moving Grand Rapids dispatchers into the county dispatch center
In an effort to reduce the risk of firefighter cancer, the Senate voted to spend $420,000 to help departments buy extractors that will help remove carcinogens
A judge ordered that the teen must make payments towards a restitution of $36,618,330.24 for 10 years, after which he can stop if he complies
The bill makes death benefits retroactively effective Jan. 1 to help the families of firefighters who died while responding to a fatal crash
FEMA has tweaked parts of AFG application process regarding turndown letters and funds monitoring upon award
The bill introduced by Rep. Chris Collins would create a national registry of firefighters who get cancer
The department was cited after two firefighters entered a structure to save a man’s life, breaking the state code that says three firefighters need to be on scene
Eligible volunteers can receive a tax credit of up to $250 on their earned income tax levied by the township
Fire Chief Chris Tubbs is representing the county in a statewide coalition calling for funds that would help pre-position resources in high risk areas
The current system in California could leave PG&E on the hook for as much as $15 billion for the fires last year
The Austin-Travis County EMS Employee Association and Lake Travis Fire Fighters Association are asking Travis County to reverse the funding cuts for ambulances
The State Assembly approved a bill that would replace “fireman” and “policeman” with “firefighter” and “police officer”
Legislators added several rules to a newly-approved tax break, including one that says the responder must have been employed in the state at the time of injury
City Secretary Anna Russell has one week to finish verifying a petition firefighters submitted last summer seeking pay parity or risk being hauled into court
El Pomar Foundation and Anschutz Foundation each pledged $250,000, which will be given to the Colorado Springs Fire Department and El Paso County Sheriff’s Office
Carol Colby, 86, donated $60,000 to four emergency response agencies, but her family wants to use the money to pay off her debts and cover funeral expenses
Officials said 911 centers are suffering because the New York government is diverting the monthly funds collected from the $1.20 fee into the state’s general fund
Mayor Joseph Butler Jr. insisted he will press on with his views about how the city can save money by changing the contract with the firefighters’ union
The Mattoon Fire Department will now be able to hire more firefighters after a judge said the city broke a contract by cutting down on their employees
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