Posts Tagged: Firefighter Layoffs
A Fire Chief Stands On His Principles
THE MOLINE, ILLINOIS, FIRE CHIEF RON MILLER walked off the job Tuesday night after the city council voted to permanently lay off 12 firefighter/paramedics and eliminate the emergency ambulance service, instead turning it over to a private EMS firm.
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Michigan City Whacks Its Fire Department
BEGINNING TODAY (MONDAY) THE CITY OF TAYLOR, MICHIGAN has closed two of its three fire stations, consolidating the ten remaining on-duty firefighters at the central fire station.
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Promotional Opportunity
THE MAYOR OF TAYLOR, MICHIGAN, fired the town's fire chief yesterday (Friday) because Chief Steven Portis said that he could not maintain the same level of EMS service to the city after a planned layoff of 19 firefighter/paramedics takes place at the end of this month.
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Fighting Fire With Fire
One Family’s Story About Facing Department Cutbacks - See how one family has dealt with the stress of cut-backs and the process of contract negotiations.
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Camden’s Union Shoulda?
How convenient these days, when unions and pensions are under the microscope, to say that the Unions should have made better decisions.
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Make your decision-makers SMART with Fire Ops 101
After teaching stop, drop, and roll and the importance of smoke detectors, now let's target a different fire prevention audience- your decision-makers.
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Lorain Lays Off More Firefighters
THE LORAIN, OHIO, CITY COUNCIL LAID OFF 11 FIREFIGHTERS and demoted six lieutenants to firefighter rank effective yesterday, Saturday.
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Uniontown Going to Let ‘em Burn
The city is going to disband its paid fire department and rely solely on volunteers for fire protection.
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Murphy’s Law for Springfield IL city council; 2 videos to watch -IN ORDER-. No cheating!
Timing is everything.
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Layoffs in Reno
The rank-and-file and the union Local are making sure that the taxpayers are being informed of just how the City Council's decision is impacting their safety and response times with this aggresive informational campaign
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