A controversial plan to make this city the first in Ontario to merge fire and ambulance services must be addressed by the three leadership candidates in the upcoming provincial election, a group of paramedics said Wednesday.

News • September 4th, 2003

A 26-year-old Cranston woman is suing the town in federal court, charging that a plan to hire the 21 members of the North Smithfield Fire and Rescue Service Inc. violates federal anti-discrimination laws.

News • August 29th, 2003

Changes that would shift the Fire Department from a paid-per-call to a full-time operation by 2005 are designed in part to improve response time to emergencies and increase firefighters' skills, according to Fire Chief Ed Dobernig.

News • August 27th, 2003

Four white men passed over for firefighting jobs in favor of minority candidates who scored lower on civil service tests must be hired as soon as possible, a federal judge has ruled.

News • August 26th, 2003

Fire Chief Debra Amesqua says she wouldn't be able to fund seven new firefighters for a new fire station planned for the city's far east side, or nine new firefighter/paramedics to staff a new ambulance, if she is forced to comply with Mayor Dave...

News • August 21st, 2003

Firehouses around New York City are about to receive a new batch of "probies," which is the nickname for the young men and women just joining the force.

News • August 13th, 2003

Pam King, juvenile investigator and public education specialist for the Suffolk Fire Department, is instructing a Suffolk Fire and Life Safety Camp for youths. The camp will be Monday and through Aug. 8 at Station Number 3 on Whitemarsh Road. A few...

News • August 1st, 2003