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Atlanta firefighters protest citizen group, mayor gets caught in middle

Source:

Atlanta Journal-Constitution (GA) 357399  

Indexed At:

03/09/2010 7:00 PM 1506679758

Abstract:

... An estimated 200 Atlanta firefighters on Tuesday waved protest signs and yelled "Stop, thief!" outside a Buckhead restaurant at members of an organization that sued the city last week, claiming it illegally approved pension increases for city employees in 2001 and 2005 that taxpayers cannot afford ...

Related:  Firefighters Hot About Plans To Cut Pensions

 

Paramedics On Leave After College Park Death

Source:

WGCL-TV CBS 46 Atlanta (GA) N/A

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03/09/2010 6:20 PM 1506655508

Abstract:

... Rural Metro Ambulance confirmed Tuesday that two paramedics are on paid administrative leave while the company investigates their response to a 911 last month ...

 

Video: Ex-DeKalb Fire Chief Claims Evidence Destroyed

Source:

WGCL-TV CBS 46 Atlanta (GA) N/A

Indexed At:

03/09/2010 6:42 PM 1506673888

Abstract:

... In a letter to DeKalb County commissioners, ex-Fire Chief David Foster claims evidence was destroyed to hide wrongdoing ...

Related: Dekalb CEO Fires Back Against Accusations

 

Firefighters battle Sylvester house fire

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WALB-TV NBC 10 Albany (GA) N/A

Indexed At:

03/09/2010 4:35 PM 1506516779

Abstract:

... Crews from several agencies worked to put out a fire at a Sylvester house Tuesday afternoon.  It may be the quick-thinking of a neighbor that prevented the house from being a total loss ...

 

Southside Fire presents check to burn foundation

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WTOC - TV CBS 11 Savannah (GA) N/A

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03/09/2010 9:05 PM 1506780649

Abstract:

... Thanks to creative fundraising by the Southside Fire Department, almost $50,000 was given to the Southeastern Firefighters Burn Foundation in Augusta ...


NATIONAL NEWS

Video: Florida firefighters rescue workers trapped on open drawbridge

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WFTS-TV ABC 28 Tampa Bay (FL) N/A

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03/09/2010 9:44 PM

Abstract:

... The workers found themselves trapped high above the water on the Atlantic Boulevard bridge around 10:30 a.m. Pompano Beach Fire Rescue was called to the scene where a hook and ladder unit was used to rescue the men ...

 

Report Highlights Fire Service's Darker Side

Source:

Firehouse Magazine (NAT) 81500

Indexed At:

03/09/2010 12:47 PM

Abstract:

... Firefighters charged with setting fires, cheating scandals, thefts of fire department funds and equipment, responding to incidents after drinking alcoholic beverages, harassment and discrimination. With these incidents occurring in fire departments across the nation, it may be time to adopt a code of ethics, according to the Fire Service Reputation Management White Paper released Tuesday morning ...

 

Atlanta firefighters protest citizen group, mayor gets caught in middle

Source:

Atlanta Journal-Constitution (GA) 357399

Indexed At:

03/09/2010 7:00 PM

Abstract:

... An estimated 200 Atlanta firefighters on Tuesday waved protest signs and yelled "Stop, thief!" outside a Buckhead restaurant at members of an organization that sued the city last week, claiming it illegally approved pension increases for city employees in 2001 and 2005 that taxpayers cannot afford ...

 

New York Fire Chief Charged With Menacing

Source:

Long Island Press (NY) 65000

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03/10/2010 2:13 AM

Abstract:

... Nassau County police arrested the Hempstead Fire Department Chief and a second man for allegedly holding a man at gunpoint in what investigators described as an act of vigilantism following a Hempstead gunfight Sunday afternoon ...

 

8 of 9 families reach partial settlement in Sofa Super Store fire

Source:

Charleston Post & Courier (SC) 100400

Indexed At:

03/09/2010

Abstract:

... The families of eight of the nine Charleston firefighters who died battling the 2007 Sofa Super Store blaze have reached a more than $1.2 million partial settlement with several companies they claimed were negligent in the deaths of their loved ones ...

Related: Study of Sofa Super Store fire still a few months away


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