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After falling into a deep funk in spring 2020, Palo Altos economy is starting to show signs of life, with hotel and sales tax revenues now exceeding the citys projections, a new revenue analysis shows.

Monroe County Fire Rescue received a $5.6 million Federal Emergency Management Agency SAFER (Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response) grant to staff five currently understaffed firehouses in the Florida

The Fremont City Council discussed Mayor Joey Spellerberg’s first draft of the 2021-2023 biennial budget at a special meeting Tuesday.

Mayor Joey Spellerberg recently announced the contents of his recommended city budget to present to the Fremont City Council on Tuesday.

Victoria Young CONCORD — As Chief Tracy Mosely was setting up the North Carolina Association of Fire Chiefs Conference Wednesday afternoon, he took a minute to talk about the lack of firefighters in the state and the growing need for volunteer firefighters. In North Carolina about 62.8 percent of fire departments are fully volunteer and 28.2 percent are mostly volunteer. That means about 91 percent of the states fire departments heavily rely on volunteer firefighters. ...

Fairfield fire staffing approaching crisis due to shortage of part-time firefighters Sue Kiesewetter View Comments FAIRFIELD – A shortage of qualified part-time firefighters is prompting city officials to beef up its career fire department staff at a faster pace than it had planned to. That could mean a fire levy to pay for those firefighters as early as next year even if the city receives the SAFER – Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response – grant it applied for earlier this ye...

Hempfield leaders are looking for federal dollars that would benefit the Hempfield Township Fire Department. During a meeting last week, supervisors authorized the township manager to advertise for a grant writer and manager, one of the first steps as they prepare to submit an application in July for a Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response, or SAFER, grant. The grant is administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency with the goal of providing funding to fire departments and...

Rotterdam Fire District to repair part of station | The Daily Gazette SECTIONS Shares0 ROTTERDAM – You can’t tell from the outside yet, but the original building for the Rotterdam Fire District No. 1 station in Rotterdam Junction is sinking forward toward Route 5s.  Commissioner James Carangelo said department members started noticing cracks in a hallway adjacent to the original 1962 structure, which houses the station’s apparatus, about a year ago. It was the first real tell-tale sign o...

GLOVERSVILLE — The Berkshire Fire Department, 320 Steele Ave. Extension will open its doors to area residents from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday so they can learn what i

OGDENSBURG — The last remaining laid-off city firefighter has been brought back to work this… OGDENSBURG — The prolonged disagreement over city fire department staffing could lead to a smaller roster than anticipated if an agreement with city leadership isn’t reached soon. As part of the city’s latest proposal, the city would pursue reducing the fire department from 20 to 16 firefighters — meaning four more layoffs — if the union doesn’t accept the contract ...