Cassano: Overnight Firehouse Closures A Must
NY1, New York, NY
12/13/2010 10:20 PM
New York City Fire Department Commissioner Salvatore Cassano testified before the City Council Monday, saying 20 fire companies will be closed overnight in an effort to close a $60 million budget gap.
Downtown Walnut Creek fire station to lose half its firefighters
Contra Costa Times, San Jose, CA
Posted: 12/14/2010 01:34:00 PM PST Updated: 12/14/2010 05:37:43 PM PST
MARTINEZ -- A downtown Walnut Creek fire station will have half its firefighters removed Jan. 1 to save the county $800,000 this fiscal year as the Contra Costa fire district struggles to operate with dwindling resources.
High Point Firefighters Understaffed, Concerned for Personnel Safety
My Fox 8, High Point, NC
December 12, 2010
HIGH POINT, N.C. (WGHP) — Dangerously understaffed, the president of the High Point Fire Fighters Association says the department needs to hire more people so they can do a better job.
St. Louis: No layoffs in latest fire budget proposal
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, MO
Posted: Wednesday, December 15, 2010 12:09 pm
The city is promising no layoffs to firefighters if they accept its latest budget proposal for 2011 announced today.
El Cajon ponders major pension changes
San Diego Union Tribune, San Diego, CA
Tuesday, December 14, 2010 at midnight
Just how far apart public employees and the public
Arguing over size of budget flames
Arbitration transcripts: Stockton says bankruptcy looms, firefighters union insists crisis is exaggerated
Stockton Record, Stockton, CA
December 12, 2010
STOCKTON - The city is nine to 18 months away from bankruptcy as rising labor costs devour diminishing tax dollars, and Stockton's reserves already are so low they couldn't keep city government operating for even two days.
Orange County firefighters give up pay raises to save jobs
Central Florida News 13, Orlando, Fl
Last Updated: Tuesday, December 14, 2010 12:14 PM
ORLANDO -- Firefighters have voted to approve a “no-raise” contract with Orange County Fire Rescue.
Laid off firefighters may be saved in Newburgh
Mid-Hudson News, Middletown NY
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
NEWBURGH – The 12 firefighters laid off as part of the City of Newburgh’s 2011 budget could be rehired if the city and the firefighters’ union can come to terms.
Saying 'our priority is public safety,' city approves lower cuts
Council averts layoffs for police, firefighters
Arizona Daily Star, Tucson, AZ
Posted: Wednesday, December 15, 2010 12:00 am
Tucson's budget cuts will not result in layoffs to active-duty police and firefighters, after the City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to limit cuts to those departments.
Wilkes Barre Times-Leader
December 12
SCRANTON – City Council listened to over two hours of speakers in a packed chamber on Tuesday night, each with their own plea for aid.
Mansfield fiscal crisis: Critics question minimum manning clause
Mansfield News Journal, Mansfield, OH
December 14, 2010
MANSFIELD -- Fire Chief John Harsch says it would be hard to miss seeing that firefighters are taking a brunt of public criticism for the City of Mansfield's current financial condition.
Pasadena reinstates fire truck that fell victim to budget reductions
Pasadena Star-News, Pasadena, CA
Posted: 12/14/2010 11:04:14 AM PST
PASADENA - The city Tuesday ended a "brown out" in emergency fire services, reinstating a four-firefighter ladder truck that was temporarily taken out of action earlier this year to save money, officials announced.
Eagle Tribune, North Andover, MA
December 11, 2010
HAVERHILL — Firefighters and school workers are now alone in their opposition to health care concessions that Mayor James Fiorentini said are necessary to avoid spending cuts and layoffs next year and beyond.
Firefighters union forgoes wage increase
Corvallis Gazette Times, Corvallis, OR
Posted: Friday, December 10, 2010 10:46 pm
The Corvallis Professional Firefighters Union, in response to a budget shortfall facing the city, has voted to decline a contractual wage increase that was scheduled to take effect in June.
Council approves Lincoln firefighter contract on split vote
Lincoln Journal Star, Lincoln, NE
Posted: Monday, December 13, 2010 7:21 pm
Just a day after firefighters kept a major downtown fire from spreading to other buildings, the Lincoln City Council approved the firefighters union contract on a 4-3 vote.
Lincoln firefighter pay goes to council Monday
Lincoln Journal Star, Lincoln, NE
Posted: Sunday, December 12, 2010 11:50 pm
A Monday afternoon fight is brewing over firefighter pay.
Fire union leaders, city come closer to a new contract
Sun-Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale, FL
12:14 PM EST, December 15, 2010
After months of stalemate, representatives of Margate's fire union and city officials found common ground last week and are a vote away from a new contract agreement.
McAllen fire union accepts new contract, source says
Monitor, McAllen, TX
December 11, 2010 7:09 PM
McALLEN — Union firefighters have voted to accept a one-year, no-raise contract, according to a fire department source.
Firefighters, paramedics reach tentative contract
Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago, IL
Dec 11, 2010 02:32AM
Chicago firefighters and paramedics would get a 10 percent pay raise over five years and give the city its most flexibility ever to reduce manpower and cut overtime costs under a tentative contract up for a ratification vote.
Firemen oppose county merger
Cleveland Daily Banner, Cleveland, TN
12.14.10 - 11:39 am
EFR puts off a decision on schedule change for firefighters
Sammamish Review, Issaquah, WA
December 14, 2010
Eastside Fire & Rescue declined to change the scheduling system for firefighters but will consider the issue as part of upcoming union negotiations.
Local firefighters want breast cancer added to occupational hazards
www.kamloopsnews.ca, Kamloops, B.C.
Published December 15, 2010
Adding breast cancer to a list of occupational hazards faced by firefighters would be one more way to protect their spouses and families, the head of the local firefighting union said Tuesday.
Firefighters union explores alternative insurance option
The Columbian, Vancouver, WA
Monday, December 13, 2010
It doesn’t take negotiations for the city and its unions to agree on one thing: Health care costs too much.
Union president tapped as fire chief
TribLocal
Yesterday at 3:40 p.m.
Elgin has turned to one of its own to head the fire department.
Mansfield firefighter goes beyond call of duty
Mansfield News Journal, Mansfield, OH
December 14, 2010
MANSFIELD -- The 2010 Mansfield "Firefighter of the Year" award Monday night went to Dan Crow.
