Staffing

"Now we're going to be able to achieve a much more robust recruitment drive," said Ralph Sicuro, president of Pittsburgh Firefighters Union Local #1

Firefighters fanned out across Baker City to talk with people after the city announced that it intends to stop ambulance service in September

The Cedar Brook Volunteer Fire Company had seven volunteer firefighters at the time response operations ceased

In November, the Mattoon Fire Department won a legal challenge that forced the city to reinstate the service which had been removed to save money

The La Pine Professional Firefighters Association Local 3387 is taking issue with Pine Rural Fire Protection District Chief Michael Supkis

Focus on service, ownership, unity and progressiveness to help your organization grow the department

Bryan Jeffries, president of the Professional Fire Fighters of Arizona, said districts have staffing issues but lack city departments' robust sales tax revenue and generous aid packages

We can’t all have FDNY-level staffing, but we must find staffing solutions to enhance fireground operations and survival

With a new interim chief in place, firefighters and city leaders said they would work on communicating

Other challenges to the future of the fire service include shift schedule adjustments and rethinking our apparatus

Austin leaders are considering rule changes after a Texas law approved low-THC products to treat PTSD

The Syracuse Fire Department has been running a pilot ambulance service to fill in gaps for AMR and other services stretched thin by the pandemic

It’s vital to identify your capacity, who can help when needed, and what equipment is limited

An additional 53 L.A. city employees have received formal paperwork that precedes possible discipline or termination for violating vaccination rules

The volunteers claim the city council is gatekeeping resources and creating unbearable working conditions