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“Our firefighters here in Michigan have been understaffed for way too long.” The 6 News crew attended the rally and union workers said Michigan only has 50 firefighters per every 100,000 ...
In the Michigan House, lawmakers have introduced bills to address pending changes to the state's minimum wage and paid sick leave policies. In the Michigan House, lawmakers have introduced bills ...
A group of business advocacy organizations want lawmakers to address changes to Michigan's paid sick time laws before they kick in next year.
In Israel, volunteer firefighters function alongside paid firefighters in the Israel Fire and Rescue Services. Adult volunteers work either out of the fire stations, in the same vehicles as the paid firefighters or in independent units that operate out of their own fire truck. Young volunteers (ages 15–18) work only out of the stations.
The Protecting Volunteer Firefighters and Emergency Responders Act (H.R. 33, Pub. L. 114–3 (text)) is a bill that amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude volunteer hours of volunteer firefighters and emergency medical personnel from counting towards the calculation of the number of a firm’s full-time employees for purposes of certain provisions of the Affordable Care Act. [1]
In the United States, an emergency response fee, also known as fire department charge, fire department service charge, accident response fee, [1] [2] accident fee, [3] Traffic Infraction Accident Fee, [4] ambulance fee, [5] etc., and pejoratively as a crash tax [6] is a fee for emergency services such as firefighting, emergency medical services, environmental response, etc., performed by a ...
Those changes include delaying the hiring of one firefighter/paramedic until April 1 and a police officer until May 1. Leaving two firefighter/paramedic positions unfilled again for the full year ...
A fire fighter's turnout gear staged in front of a fire engine. According to the National Fire Department Registry, in January 2025 there were 1,207,800 firefighters in the United States (this includes career, volunteer and paid per call firefighters as well as civilian staff and non-firefighting personnel). Of these, 14.7% are mostly or ...