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• Ill. Fire Pension Board votes to seize $2.3M owed by city

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  The East St. Louis Fire Pension Board voted unanimously to recover nearly $2.3 million in mandated payments from the city through an “intercept procedure"

• Texas FF union: Beto's debate comment on shooting response unfair to first responders

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  O'Rourke's campaign said the candidate shared the story not to criticize the first responders, but to criticize the weapons used in the killing

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• Pa. FD accepts FF resignation amidst far-right group controversy

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  The Bon Fire Company has officially reopened, and officials agreed to reshape its leadership board, institute sensitivity training and revise its bylaws

• September 11 Remembrance Day signed into law for New York

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  Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo signed the legislation, which is meant to ensure future generations understand the 9/11 terrorist attacks and their place in history

• Ohio Supreme Court to help with fire union’s complaint against chief

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  The union filed a complaint alleging that Chief Angelo Calvillo had committed a misdemeanor crime by violating provisions in the city’s charter

• Pa. FD defends FF who tried to join far-right group

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  Haverford Township officials shut down the Bon Air Fire Company after it refused to part ways with a firefighter with ties to Proud Boys group

• NY fire district being criticized for raising taxes after overestimating its expenditures

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  A state auditor's report revealed that Mount Sinai Fire District officials raised taxes more than 4% after overestimating expenditures by more than $300,000

• Fire union sues city of Cleveland, demands dismissal of fire chief

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  Fire Chief Angelo Calvillo allegedly participated in political activity by helping to circulate candidate nominating petitions for the 2017 mayor re-election campaign

• How fire chiefs can manage political risks

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  How to understand, analyze, mitigate and respond to newsworthy fire department incidents

• Have you forgotten? A call to chiefs to remember who they serve

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  Show your firefighters that you haven’t forgotten them, their sacrifices or the love of the job

• Cleveland firefighters demand chief be removed

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  The firefighters say Chief Angelo Calvillo violated the city’s charter, which bars civil-service employees from political activity, and should be fired

• FRI 2019 Quick Take: The fire chief’s role as an inspirational politician

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  Bashoor underscores the need for fire chiefs to be more politically astute in order to best serve the community

• Chiefs, don’t forget: YOU are a politician!

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  It’s time to find your platform, build your fire chief political agenda, and lead your people and your organization through the maze

• Ala. 911 board approves $4.35 per call response fee

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  The board voted 4-0 to authorize Chairwoman Virginia Alexander to send out contract notices detailing the increase from $3.98 to $4.35 per call

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