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More than 460 former CDC employees are being brought back after layoffs that gutted public health programs, including those tackling infectious disease, air quality and workplace safety
The plan includes expanding timber harvesting, integrating federal firefighting forces and boosting local emergency authority
Officials broke ground on a $16M EMS station in South Boston, one of the city’s fastest-growing neighborhoods
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Lt. Rich Michelson alleges discrimination, a lack of due process and that a faulty misconduct claim was used to fire him
Lake Charles officials said that raises were approved recently; each firefighter also earns $6,000 in annual supplemental pay in addition to the $11.17 per hour rate
Apopka Fire Chief Sean Wylam wants new ambulances, gear and firefighters, but the local union leader wants a dedicated training officer
Gabriel Watson said his job was “constructively terminated;” Portland officials said he was laid off after he blacked out on duty and refused to take a fitness test
Both suits allege that the L.A. County sheriff’s and fire departments violated the plaintiffs’ 14th Amendment rights when employees shared photos of the scene
Nearly 3,000 firefighters are battling the Oak Fire, which has destroyed 41 homes and other buildings near the national park
More than 400 firefighters are battling the Oak Fire amid hot weather, low humidity and bone-dry vegetation
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine will do the hiring; officials said the partnership would include the use of hospital sites for training and cover liability costs
The governor’s new order may help with staffing and retention, said Fairmount Fire Protection Chief Alan Fletcher
The previous director said someone in that role could work on things such as the firefighter cancer surveillance program, the city’s AED program and workplace safety training