Oxnard ‪#‎Fire‬ Department Cuts Staffing to Meet Budget Goals
The Oxnard City Fire department is on its first day of a “brown-out.” This means a piece of rescue equipment is off-duty and won’t be responding to any emergencies.
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  • Neil Crossen Nothing says "We as a community value and appreciate your service" as well as manning cuts do.......
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  • Betsy Macdonald Foolish town...foolish...!!!!!
California ‪#‎pension‬ initiative awaits legal description
Proponents of a California pension initiative said Tuesday that state Attorney General Kamala Harris is once again favoring labor unions by using the same words she used to describe their previous failed bid to limit taxpayer spending on public pensions.
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Delray Beach considering merging ‪#‎fire‬ department with Palm Beach County
The Delray Beach city manager says the financial staffs from both municipalities have met several times recently to go over costs for the city to contract the county...
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Drones pose new risks for ‪#‎firefighters‬ battling California ‪#‎wildfires‬
At least 13 times this year, firefighters have reported seeing drones flying near major fires; drone popularity is raising demand for rules to control use
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  • Lori K. Feagan-Forsgren Drones need to have serial numbers. With that said they are registered and when flying in high risk areas obstructing firefighters they should fine the person registered to the drone.
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  • Chris Doherty Start taking them out!
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‪#‎Firefighters‬‪#‎union‬ worries about possible layoffs in East St. Louis
The union worries 16 jobs could be cut.
STLTODAY.COM|BY LEE ENTERPRISES
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  • Vishal Parmar And it just keeps getting worse in East St Louis. Keep running that place into the ground like Detroit, Flint, Gary, Camden, Oakland and Baltimore.
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  • Millie Karr What's happening? Closing a firehouse, laying firemen off. They always pay the piper when the head honchos over spend the budget.
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Elorza, Providence, RI ‪#‎firefighters‬ headed to mediation over platoon changes
The two sides will try to reach a deal on how much to pay firefighters for working 56 hours each week.
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The ongoing battle between Mayor Kasim Reed and public safety unions over pay has reached new heights: Atlanta’s police and fire unions have erected a billboard declaring Reed “does not care about public safety.
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The rising toll of Ground Zero responders and others afflicted with 9/11-linked cancers has hit 3,700. The staggering tally of those suffering cancers certified by...
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  • Gary Key So sad, all that were in the area from first responders to the public will be affected by health problems for years to come.
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  • Melvin Stanbrough The number of FR and general public exposed on 911 will go up till all of that population dies off in the next 90 years You cannot think that dust cloud was not toxic in some forms to everyone exposed time will tell
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Christie vetoes quarterly N.J. ‪#‎pension‬ payments bill, $300M 'pre-payment'
The governor said quarterly payments could force costly borrowing during the fiscal year, and dismissed the pre-payment as "accounting gimmickry."
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