Staffing

IAFF Local 1306, Jackson, Michigan Professional Firefighters, is threatening to file suit against the City of Jackson if the administration follows through it its plan to return $700,000 of unused SAFER funds and lay off ten firefighters. The city received ...

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Yadiyadiyada…. North Kingstown Firefighters IAFF Local 1651 …yadiyadiyada… prevailed once again ….yadiyadiyada…. state labor board … yadiyadiyada… same old song and dance …yadiyadiyada… getting to be repetitious …yadiyadiyada…

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A Texas judge has denied a request by Houston Firefighters IAFF Local 341 for a temporary restraining order against the city to stop rolling brownouts.

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It would appear that Taylor, Michigan Mayor Jeffrey Lamarand may not be facing his second contempt citation in the past two years after all. The mayor is accused to disobeying an October 15, 2013 court order to pay $730,000 to ...

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The mayor of Taylor, Michigan is headed to court, and not by his own choosing. Mayor Jeffery Lamarand is facing charges of contempt of court for refusing to comply with a 2012 arbitration ruling over the layoff of 32 firefighters. ...

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This just in – Nebraska District Court Judge James Gleason has dismissed a lawsuit by IAFF Local 385 against the City of Omaha alleging that Mayor Jean Stothert's proposed 2014 budget will violate their collective bargaining agreement. The firefighters alleged ...

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A dispute between career firefighters and volunteers in Loudoun County, Virginia back in 2011 is now at the center of a lawsuit filed on behalf of the estate of a man who died when it took crews 27 minutes to ...

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Omaha firefighters are taking the city and mayor to court over a proposed budget that they claim will violate their collective bargaining agreement. Mayor Jean Stothert announced her budget yesterday and according to IAFF Local 385 union officials, it will ...

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I am not sure what is up with our blog platform, but I am truly sorry for the interruptions you may be experiencing. It has been a few days now and things are still not right. In the past we ...

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Additional details are emerging about the police investigation of the Columbus Fire & EMS that we posted about last week. It appears the primary focus of the investigation relates to the staffing level of the first in engine at a ...

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Firefighters in Oneida, New York are grieving a decision to reduce minimum shift staffing from five to four. The Oneida Professional Firefighters Association, IAFF Local No. 2692 filed the grievance after Mayor  Don Hudson issued a directive to reduce the ...

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Today’s burning question: Are there any Federal laws or requirements that mandate that fire departments comply with or meet NFPA 1710 staffing levels or response times? Answer: There are no laws that I am aware of on a Federal or ...

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There’s a story that has been kicking around for almost a week out of Haverhill, Massachusetts where a firefighters’ union representative labeled the mayor a “murderer” following a fatal fire. The case has been discussed in the comments section of ...

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