Funding & Staffing
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Memphis brown outs suspended for 1 day because of 2 fire deaths — Will return Tuesday after director determines closed company not a factor
Union disagrees with Director Alvin Benson's findings.
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News report: Memphis brown out to save overtime comes on weekend of double fatal apartment fire.
One of four companies closed to save overtime would have responded to fire that killed two men.
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Detroit’s new fire commissioner plans to reopen firehouses & do testing for promotions
Jonathon Jackson plans to do away with 100 year tradition of making promotions based on seniority.
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DC update: TV station shows Chief Ellerbe that many big cities are able to inspect ladder trucks & pumpers.
Testing of ladders and pumps stopped when Ellerbe became chief.
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‘They got what they were promised. A two-person crew with a garden hose’. House fire again highlights bitter fire divorce in Reno area.
Local chief doesn't believe outcome would have been different if Reno firefighters responded immediately.
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Attention please! This is not a Call The Cops satire. Texas fire department to run golf course.
Firefighters to wait tables and run the pro shop.
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Make sure you listen to this radio traffic: A save in Detroit despite the odds stacked against firefighters.
No EMS available after woman pulled from burning home on Hague Street.
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Detroit Fire Department is hiring. 90 firefighters needed.
Since May, 209 Detroit firefighters have retired.
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Raw video: Dyersburg, TN fire chief turns in badge at memorial service. Bob Veal’s departure comes days after IAFF ad.
Chief Veal's departure comes five days after full page ad from IAFF telling public to "Stop Dyersburg mayor and fire…
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Must see video: A look inside the Highland Park Fire Department and the man behind the helmet-cam.
Scott Ziegler and his fellow firefighters tell the story of a greatly overworked, understaffed and underfunded fire department.
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