NZ: Reduced fire service impact… where our Members have increased responses to certain incidents based on their operational experience, this has resulted in many Officers being sent letters from Management…
NZ Fire Service questioned over sprinkler policy.UK: Union agrees compromise terms to end Essex fire cuts dispute Fire Brigades Union reps from fire stations across Essex vote for a compromise deal pain-stakingly negotiated with the Essex Chief Fire Officer to bring the year-long industrial dispute to an end.
USA: SAFER grants bring more firefighters back to workThe Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has awarded a fresh round of grants totaling $2,659,554 to fire department through the Staffing for Adequate Fire Emergency Response (SAFER) program for Fiscal Year 2009. “The economic downturn has taken far too many fire fighters out of station houses leaving communities more vulnerable to fires,” says IAFF General President Harold Schaitberger.
UK: Defend our fire and rescue service - national rally and lobby of parliamentThe recent budget has started a process which could lead to the most significant cuts in public services in living memory.
USA: PA firefighters look to voters to decide their numbersIn Palo Alto, firefighters do not want the city council to determine their fate anymore.
India: City 200 firefighters shortOf the 2300 permanent posts in the department, around 223 are vacant
Italy: Rotting refuse torched around PalermoFirefighters in Italy's southern city put out blazes after residents torched uncollected rubbish ...
USA: Firefighters assist police during drug bustLos Angeles County Fire and City of Los Angeles Fire Urban Search and Rescue work together on site at the Union Pacific rail yard in Commerce.
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UK: Fire union reacts to Lord Young reviewThe Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has expressed concern at suggestions that emergency services workers, such as fire fighters, may be excluded from some health and safety legislation if it prevents them saving lives.
USA: Michigan firefighters avoid layoffsThe Bay City Commission has unanimously approved a new contract with firefighters that includes concessions to avoid layoffs.
USA: Texas City firefighters sue over overtime payAt the heart of the issue is how firefighters' hourly base pay is figured.
USA: Blaze killing firefighter ruled an accidentA fire at an egg farm outside Boling that killed one firefighter and injured two others last weekend was accidental, authorities have determined.
USA: FDNY sees busiest week in decadesThe firefighters' Union says the recent week's heat wave made for the busiest week for the New York City Fire Department in almost 30 years.
India: No lifeguard duty - BMC bows to firefighters' demandAfter their one-day strike was called off, Mumbai firefighters met mayor Shraddha Jadhav where most of their demands were met.
New uniform, no lifeguard duties.USA: Firefighter safety law not usedA state law intended to warn firefighters about weak roofing material before they enter a building has still not been implemented throughout most fire districts in Florida's Lee County.
