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.
The bill would cover tuition for firefighters, paramedics and other first responders after six years of service and their dependents after 10 years
As wildfire risk grows, experts warn that America isn’t investing enough in the teams who can help prevent them
The new Federal Wildland Fire Service would consolidate USDA and DOI fire programs into one command under the Interior Department
Fire officials credited sprinklers with dousing flames at the shop until firefighters arrived and rescued all the puppies from their cages
The judge issued a gag order saying the attorneys should not comment on the pending case
The plan calls for spending $82 million on fleet and facilities between now and 2018
Kirk Bills and store owner Gloria Eun Hye Lee face felony and misdemeanor arson, conspiracy, burglary and attempted animal cruelty charges in the Jan. 27 fire at Lee’s Prince and Princess pet shop
The chief was accused of buying gas for personal vehicles with the department credit card
Greg Brown is accused of setting a fire that killed firefighters Thomas Brooks, Patricia Conroy and Marc Kolenda; they became trapped after stairs collapsed and died of smoke inhalation
Notes defining the term “scab” were placed inside the firehouse after a union vote calling for members not to request a transfer to the station
Six people were killed last summer when a wall collapsed onto a thrift store
Michael James Sulak, 52, faces three counts of child rape on charges he had sex with a 15-year-old girl who ran away from home
Fire officials say the city’s plan to study switching from full-time firefighters to all volunteers will be more expensive to the city and taxpayers
Former firefighter Joe Car, 29, is guilty of murder and tampering with evidence in the death of his 22-year-old girlfriend
The grand jury is looking into whether any firefighters helped their colleague try to evade responsibility for the crash
Our current budget woes may get worse if bankruptcies effect borrowing rates; here are ways to show residents just what those woes mean to them
The Retired Firefighters Association contacted the city last year to report that the disabled firefighters did not receive the proper cost of living adjustment as required by law
The union calls the demotions and bans from teaching at the academy excessive
“He just leaned up against the fire engine with his arms folded the entire time. I can’t get that image out of my head,” said Marie Mills, whose father died.
The stiffer penalties will apply to those convicted of setting fires knowing that someone is in the structure
It would have made the charge a felony, and the driver’s license would have been suspended for a year
Fire union officials called the grand jury ‘shameful’ for not charging building owners in a fire that killed 2 Philly firefighters
If implemented, the cuts will reduce the number of paramedics on duty in the overnight hours
“We will look high and low, near and far, to try to keep these guys as long as we can,” Mayor Jim Ireton said
It was not immediately apparent whether the truck was stolen overnight or this morning from the lot at the garage
The arraignment of Ray Abou-Arab on arson and murder charges evoked a strong emotion among the Toledo Fire Department
Lt. Robert Neary and Daniel Sweeney were killed fighting a mill fire in 2012
Arson fires needlessly place firefighters in harm’s way; reducing arson will reduce line of duty deaths
Ray Abou-Arab, 61, was arrested Friday on allegations that he started the fire that killed a veteran firefighter and a rookie who got trapped inside
A 20-year-old man who stole, wrecked and burned the fire department’s main apparatus has been sentence to a boot camp-type program
The district may increase the price of services to by 1.6 percent and charge $16 per mile
Coal fires can start spontaneously, by lighting or human causes and are very difficult to put out
Bryce Allen, 49, was charged with first-degree murder in the March 19, 2012 collision that killed Jacksonville Fire Department Capt. Donald Jones