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• Ind. city hires 1st female FF in 30 years

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  Hammond Firefighter-Paramedic Jaclyn Seberger is the fourth woman to be hired by the department in its history

• Pa. bills seek to attract more young people to firefighting

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  A series of legislation would improve access to firefighter training for high school students

• Unfamiliar avenues: Engaging future volunteers

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  It will take a unique mix of leadership, external communications and technological solutions to reverse the downward trend in volunteerism

• Fire/EMS volunteers fill gap in the time of COVID-19

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  Examining the extraordinary measures to recruit current and former volunteers to fill gaps in career staffing

• Mass. fire chief proposes incentive plan to aid volunteer recruitment, retention

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  The chief suggested two programs to rejuvenate staffing amidst rising call volumes

• W.Va. FD could be down 20 FFs by end of summer, chief says

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  The Charleston Fire Department, already down 15 firefighters since last year, is expecting more retirements amidst hiring processes slowed by the pandemic

• Calif. city FD no longer running ambulances due to staff shortage

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  Fire department officials said the decision was made due to long-term retention issues in combination with the ongoing COVID-19 crisis

• Senators propose up to $25K in hazard pay for essential workers

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  The COVID-19 "Heroes Fund" would increase pay for first responders and other essential employees by $13 per hour

• Raises, bonuses approved for first responders in Va. county

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  Paramedics, EMTs, firefighters, deputies and dispatchers will receive a pay raise of up to 5% and bonuses of up to $4,000 as the county seeks to retain personnel

• Pa. official to conduct review of volunteer FF funding

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  The state’s auditor general said he wants to ensure volunteer agencies are receiving the maximum state aid

• Ohio agency doubling full-time firefighter-paramedics through SAFER grant

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  The $1 million grant will enable the agency to increase from six to 12 full-time firefighter-medics and rely less on volunteers

• Dispute with town officials settled, 18 FFs reinstated after mass resignation

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  The 18 firefighters had resigned at a meeting last week due to the town manager overturning the fire chief's decision on a personnel issue

• Cleveland officials question low minority staff levels at public safety departments

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  Council members raised concerns over hiring practices after noting the low proportion of minority first responders in the minority-majority city

• Colo. fire-rescue adopts master plan focused on hiring more women

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  Boulder Fire-Rescue seeks to increase its number of female firefighters from 7% to 25% within the next 10 years

• Pa. borough gives tax break to volunteer firefighters

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  Both current and former volunteer firefighters are now eligible to offset 20% of their real estate tax bill in Southmont Borough

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