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• Ind. community college offers free tuition for volunteer firefighters, EMS providers

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  The college and the state’s volunteer firefighters’ association created the scholarship to encourage volunteering

• Pa. city revamps junior firefighter program

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  The program that trains teens between the ages of 14 and 17 is accepting new members after a few years of dormancy

• 35 Pa. volunteer EMS services ask legislators to 'slow the bleeding'

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  The services called for reductions in education, training and certification requirements as they face volunteer shortages

• Ala. county volunteer fire association plans high school training program

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  The association wants to recruit more young people to the fire service as departments across the county face a volunteer shortage

• Philadelphia reopens 4 fire companies closed during the Great Recession

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  The city has hired 121 firefighter-EMTs to staff the companies with help from a FEMA grant

• Report on NC gas explosion recommends hiring more FFs

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  The Durham Fire Department had requested 75 more firefighters prior to the explosion that killed two and injured 25

• Cleveland FD accused of discriminating against minority, female candidates in hiring process

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  The city's mayor rejected allegations made by a federal commission that the fire department's testing process for applicants was discriminatory

• Sacrifice of fallen Worcester firefighter inspires potential volunteers

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  Days after Fire Lt. Jason Menard died rescuing members of his crew, several toured a local fire department hoping to follow in his footsteps

• Why did we stop hiring and promoting the ‘workers’ among us?

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  Valuing firefighters with a “worker” mentality – not simply degrees and test scores – is key to the long-term success of the fire service

• Pa. House approves bills to aid stressed first responders

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  Lawmakers passed 16 bills in the last two weeks aimed at supporting first responders, including mental health initiatives and tax credits

• The all-in engine company: Making it work with 3 members

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  Outlining the roles of firefighter, driver and officer and the tasks to prioritize

• Should inmates fighting Calif. wildfires deserve a chance at full-time jobs?

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  For several years, state lawmakers have considered various bills to change the law so that inmate firefighters aren’t disqualified by their criminal records

• Pa. city faces lack of paramedics, high emergency call volumes

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  "For the amount of calls our paramedics run, there should be eight [ambulances] in service, and right now we are fighting for a fifth"

• Chicago Fire Department officials face calls for greater diversity in ranks

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  Chicago has the largest number of women fighting fires and working on ambulances of any city in the country, but they make up less than 10% of the department's total personnel

• Pa. bill would exclude volunteer fire, EMS depts. from open records requests

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  Legislators said they have seen how hard it is to recruit and retain volunteers and that the paperwork required with fulfilling requests would be "burdensome"

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