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Ind. Legislation Allows FDs Purchasing Flexibility

Fire districts may purchase firefighting equipment with an installment conditional sale or mortgage contract of no more than 15 years, instead of the former six year time span.

News • June 8th, 2013

Baltimore Fire Chief James Clack Is Stepping Down

Clack joined the department in 2008 after leaving Minneapolis and faced a serious fiscal crunch.

News • June 7th, 2013

'Disgraced' Calif. Firefighter in Bar Fight Rehired

A San Luis Obispo fire engineer and paramedic, who is accused of fighting with another man and causing 17 facial fractures has been rehired despite objections.

News • June 7th, 2013

Massachusetts Community Restructures Fire Dept.

The Truro board of selectmen plan to appoint a new advisory committee of citizen who will determine the future of the department and its leadership.

News • June 7th, 2013

Discrepancies in N.J. Firefighter Pay Account Probed

Galloway Township officials say fire departments have allegedly misreported how long they have served in an attempt to get more stipend pay.

News • June 7th, 2013

Fla. Firefighter Files Racial Discrimination Lawsuit

A firefighter with Monroe County says his superiors would call him 'MoJo' and 'Oye,' which are slang terms for Hispanic people and was ultimately fired because of race.

News • June 7th, 2013

Merger of Indiana Township Departments on Hold

A state agency denied a tax levy and equipment replacement fund and said the townships failed to establish a legal fire protection territory.

News • June 6th, 2013

Trail Blazing Santa Fe's Female Chief Retires

Fire Chief Barbara Salas quietly went where no woman in Santa Fe has.

News • June 4th, 2013

Embattled Boston Fire Chief Resigns

Boston Fire Chief Steven Abraira recently received a 'no confidence' vote.

News • June 3rd, 2013

Ex-Fire Marshal Accused of Inappropriate Photos in N.C. Station

Timothy Scott Swaim is accused of taking nude pictures of a 15-year-old girl at the Kernersville Fire Department in and on one of the fire trucks.

News • June 1st, 2013

Fla. Firefighter Terminated for Theft of Equipment

Hernando County Firefighter Bradford Kufner was arrested after stealing a saw and trying to sell it to a pawn broker.

News • June 1st, 2013

Maine Town Weighs Return to Volunteer Department

Veazie councilors will discuss what fire protection will look like in the future, given a 27 percent budget cut that could affect the department's two full-time employees.

News • May 27th, 2013

Texas Dept. Restructuring to Stretch Current Budget

"We'll take out the administration of it," chief Johnny Bellows said. "It makes us a little more lean up at the top, but it gives us more people out on the streets."

News • May 27th, 2013

Preparedness of Las Vegas Responders Questioned

Vegas is a tourism mecca making it a target for terrorists and vulnerable to man-made or natural disasters. But is it ready for a large-scale medical emergency?

News • May 23rd, 2013

Ohio Official Says It's Time to Stop Attacking Fire Dept.

The vice mayor of Middletown says its time for the discussions about cuts to the fire department to end as there have been no feasible cost-saving measures developed.

News • May 23rd, 2013

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