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• 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

• 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

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• 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

• Overtime has 'exploded' at understaffed Md. 911 center

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  “We don't have an option of operating below a certain level ... we must fill the seat. Our overtime has exploded," Scott Campbell, director of public safety, said

• 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

• Calif. mutual aid system under stress

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  Fire chiefs say that the decision to answer mutual aid calls has devolved from an immediate "yes" to a discussion about resources

• Report on Iowa university death raises questions about FD response

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  “Due to staffing,” only two of four dispatched units initially responded to retrieve a UNI worker they understood to be inside the campus’ compromised steam system

• 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

• Ind. firefighters land first union contract in 53 years

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  The 35-page agreement sets the daily staffing goal of no fewer than 14 firefighters assigned to duty each day

• Ohio counties awarded $3.7M in federal grants to boost staffing

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  The hiring grants pay for 75% of the salaries and benefits for new hires for the first two years and 35% in the third year

• Consolidating Ind. county 911 dispatch center proves difficult amidst increased operational costs

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  Since the county went from four 911 centers to one, costs have increased, staff have unionized and technology is blamed for dispatch delays

• 2 NJ fire departments awarded $8.85M in federal grants

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  Jersey City Fire Chief Steve McGill said it’s the first time in department history that three grants were awarded in the same year

• Arbitrator: NY city needs to return to nine-member firefighter shifts

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  The former mayor dropped the FD's ambulance service amid the city's financial distress and cut the department's minimum staffing levels to six members per shift

• Baltimore fire chief adjusts recruiting practices amidst staffing shortages

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  Chief Niles Ford said the city will recruit firefighter-EMTs, eliminating separate recruitment tracks

• Report: Fire agencies in Calif. counties face crisis fueled by funding, labor shortfalls

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  A recent government study of 15 agencies found they struggle with too few firefighters, not enough money and ambulance services that are stretched thin

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