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Former Connecticut Treasurer Charged In Theft

The former treasurer of the Scotland Volunteer Fire Department surrendered to state police Tuesday on charges he embezzled between $22,600 and $29,000 in fire department funds

News • July 11th, 2003

Deal with Caddo Valley Could Ease Fire Insurance Rates In Arkadelphia, Arkansas

A reciprocal agreement with the Caddo Valley Fire Department may soon mean lower homeowner insurance rates for Arkadelphia residents

News • July 8th, 2003

New Mexico Governor Asks For Fireworks Ban

New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson is asking local municipalities to adopt fireworks policies based on local conditions

News • June 30th, 2003

'Unethical, outrageous'; Massachusetts Fireworks Sales Blasted

Fire officials in Southbridge and Dudley are ''outraged'' that the Quinebaug Volunteer Fire Department is selling fireworks

News • June 29th, 2003

A Blow To Connecticut Fire Departments

Newington could see a chunk of its firefighting power disappear. Vernon could lose two firefighters, and Rocky Hill has already lost one, all because of a new restriction by the Hartford Fire Department

News • June 29th, 2003

Delaware Committee OKs $38.5M Grant-In-Aid Bill

The legislative Joint Finance Committee approved a $38.5 million Grant-in-Aid Bill on Wednesday, sending money to fire and rescue companies and other nonprofit entities

News • June 26th, 2003

North Carolina Pyrotechnic Safety Bill Heads To Easley's Office

A North Carolina bill written in reaction a tragic fire at a Rhode Island nightclub is moving to the governor's office for Mike Easley's signature

News • June 25th, 2003

A Pennsylvania City Reaches Tentative Deal With Firefighters' Union

Pittsburgh Mayor Tom Murphy says progress with the firefighters' union on a plan to consolidate service is being made

News • June 25th, 2003

Accused Texas Instructor Cleared Of Charges

An El Paso Community College instructor who was indicted in January for allegedly attempting to sexually assault a woman on campus has been cleared of all charges

News • June 22nd, 2003

Massachusetts Lawmakers Close In On Fire Reporting Legislation

THE HOUSE AND SENATE. BHRC records local senators’ votes on four roll calls and local representatives’ votes on two roll calls from the week of June 16

News • June 22nd, 2003

United Kingdom Fire Strike Ends

Union leaders representing Redditch's firefighters have given a lukewarm response to the deal struck to end their long-running pay dispute

News • June 19th, 2003

Texas Firefighters Group Says Policies Unsafe

Houston Fire Chief Chris Connealy accused the local firefighters union of needlessly scaring the public by saying service cuts that took effect Tuesday are jeopardizing public safety and firefighters' lives

News • June 19th, 2003

Senate Approves Fire Safety Laws In Rhode Island

Investigators were still sifting through the rubble of a February nightclub blaze that would claim 100 lives when state leaders began promising more stringent fire safety laws

News • June 18th, 2003

Broward, Florida OKs Negotiations For A BSO-Run Fire-Rescue

Admittedly placing their faith in Sheriff Ken Jenne, the Broward County Commission on Tuesday voted to move forward with a plan giving Jenne administrative control over the county's fire-rescue division

News • June 18th, 2003

California Suit Challenges Firefighter-Chaplains

Robert Lewin couldn't keep his eyes off the shiny quarter-size pin above a fellow captain's name plate. It was January 2001, just after the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection officially pinned new chaplains in the San Luis Obispo unit

News • June 17th, 2003

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