Sentences with phrase «firing volunteer firefighters»

------------------- A new state law bars employers in New York from firing volunteer firefighters, and members of volunteer ambulance squads, for taking time off from their jobs to respond to major emergencies such as hurricanes and snowstorms.

Not exact matches

These groups of young people volunteer with their towns» fire departments and learn the skills of firefighting.

He is director of purchasing for Jel Sert, a West Chicago food manufacturing firm, and also a volunteer firefighter and emergency medical technician for the Oak Brook Fire Department.

The Suffolk County fire academy in Yaphank, used for training volunteer firefighters, is now on the state's Superfund list after water samples from monitoring wells detected contaminants that exceed federal health advisories.

Scholarships shall be awarded to any firefighter who is a member in good standing of a recognized volunteer fire company within the boundaries of Erie County and any member of a firefighters» immediate family (husband, wife, son or daughter) who are currently, or will be, attending an accredited institution of higher learning.

Also at 10:30 a.m., the RecruitNY statewide campaign to increase volunteer firefighters in New York kicks off, Halfmoon Fire Rescue Station 1, 315 Middletown Rd., Waterford.

You know to pull over when fire trucks are racing to the scene of a fire, but should there be a law requiring you to pull over for volunteer firefighters...

Also at 10:30 a.m., the Firemen's Association of the State of New York, the state Association of Fire Chiefs and the state Association of Fire Districts call on Cuomo to sign legislation providing coverage for volunteer firefighters diagnosed with certain types of cancer, Valhalla Fire Department Headquarters, 330 Columbus Ave., Valhalla.

Also at noon, Sen. Tim Kennedy and Assembly members Sean Ryan and Monica Wallace will announce the implementation of a new law which expands New York's «Move Over» Law to cover volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers whose vehicles have flashing blue or green lights, Doyle Fire Company # 2, 100 Willowlawn Pkwy., Cheektowaga.

years; exempts vehicles owned by firefighter first responders used in the performance of duty from motor vehicle registration fees and vehicle use taxes; authorizes local volunteer fire companies and ambulance companies to offset the cost of health insurance for their volunteers through the use of funds collected from a 2 percent fire insurance premium tax from out - of - state insurers; allows fire companies to select up to three candidates to participate in the state's college tuition assistance program, known as Volunteer Recruitment Service Scholarships; and directs the state Higher Education Services Corp. to create a volunteer recruitment service college loan forgiveness program.

John P. Sroka, President of the New York State Association of Fire Chiefs said, «All firefighters, regardless of whether they are paid or volunteer, fight identical fires.

Thomas Rinaldi, President of the Association of Fire Districts of the State of New York said, «The Fire Districts of New York are grateful to Governor Andrew Cuomo and bill sponsors State Senator Joseph Griffo, Assemblymember Aileen Gunther, and Assemblymember Anthony Brindisi for protecting New York State's brave volunteer firefighters.

When Mahlon Irish became a Homer volunteer firefighter in 1974, it was common for 60 people to head out to a fire.

A lifelong town resident and graduate of the Amherst Central School District, Jaeger is a volunteer board of directors member of Amherst's Meals on Wheels and a volunteer firefighter in the Williamsville Fire Department.

On August 18, 2011, Hillcrest volunteer firefighters found Ognenoff dead in the living room when they responded to a fire at his Pomona apartment.

He is a volunteer firefighter for the Moyers Corners Fire Department.

BY BARRY WARNER Our Unsung Hero this week is Charles Prevot, volunteer captain and interior firefighter of the Lady Warren Hose Company # 5, fire training instructor and chairman of the Rockland County Recruitment and Retention Committee.

The fire was discovered at about 1:15 p.m. on Thursday behind Nice Pak Products along Greenbush Road and firefighting efforts soon scaled up to become a regional effort that included volunteers from throughout Rockland County and received aid from fighters from Westchester, Bergen and West Point.

«As a 37 - year volunteer firefighter with the North Amherst Fire Company I could not be prouder of the team that brought this scholarship program to fruition for the County of Erie and it's student - volunteers.

I make my living as a nurse, but am a volunteer firefighter and first responder when I am not working, I love my fire dept. and am a trauma junkee!

I am a volunteer firefighter for the Athens Township Volunteer Fire Company.

im marty i am 6ft i whiegh 225 lbs, i got brow hair blue eyes, i have a great sense of humor, i am now on a volunteer fire department buy my goal in life is to become a full time firefighter.

I've been a volunteer firefighter / emt since I was 13... Grew up in the fire department.

im a volunteer firefighter with mud tavern fire / rescue in morgan county and also with hemsi search dog unit

I am a volunteer firefighter and EMT for Central Bridge Fire Department and a volunteer EMT for Scho - Wright Ambulace.

I am 5 ft 8 inches talk i am a volunteer firefighter for new market fire and rescue and have been since i was 14 and im 20 yrs old now im currently working to become a paid firefighter full time somewhere in a big citty close by i love excersising and working out hanging with friends and family

i am a volunteer Firefighter working on my GED then going to become a career Firefighter i like saving people and going on medical calls and house Fire car accidents as well

Effective Coverage, A Baltimore renters insurance provider supports the Baltimore County volunteer firefighters who are against proposed Baltimore fire station closings.

He is also a volunteer firefighter / EMT for Block Island Volunteer Fire & Rescue.

Given that most fire company's have a volunteer component to its firefighter composition, the Court's ruling will have an enormous impact as to the protections afforded to volunteers and, thus, the incentive to volunteer going forward.

Distance to a fire hydrant and a fire station, whether your neighborhood is protected by professional or volunteer firefighters, and any factors that affect the time it would take to extinguish a fire in your area.

Needless to say, we support the Baltimore County volunteer firefighters who are also gravely concerned about the recommended closing and merging of fire stations in Baltimore County, and the potentially disastrous impacts such fire station closings could have on the communities they serve, and on Baltimore County residents as a whole.

Effective Coverage, A Baltimore renters insurance provider supports the Baltimore County volunteer firefighters who are against proposed Baltimore fire station closings.

Motorola has partnered with New Zealand's biggest telco, Spark, to deliver a two - way radio solution that will enable the New Zealand Fire Service's 10,000 career and volunteer firefighters to stay connected to their colleagues in the field.

I am currently a Reserve firefighter for the City of Oakdale and I have volunteered my time for numerous programs including Team - up Against Graffiti where I helped remove graffiti on both public and private property, I mapped out all of the hydrants in the city of Oakdale including the surrounding rural areas with a hand held GPS device for the Oakdale City Fire Department and Oakdale Rural Fire Department, and I was involved in the Weed Abatement program where I identified problem properties, contacted residents, followed up on compliance, entered data onto spreadsheets, and filed all documentation.

Following in the footsteps of his grandfather, Schrum became a volunteer firefighter when he was 17, and for the last 19 years has put his safety on the line to help victims of fires, car accidents and other emergencies.

and from one of my monthly MERV»S COMMENTS: The volunteer firefighters non-refundable tax credit is available to any volunteer firefighter who serves at least 200 hours per year at one or more fire departments beginning on January 1, 2011.

I remember three or four firefighters who volunteered their Saturday mornings when I was a kid to show a group of us how to operate a fire extinguisher and learn safety tips.

At the age of 43, Gaylord has been a volunteer firefighter for almost 30 years, starting out at the age of 14 as a junior firefighter for a volunteer fire department in Penfield, a suburb of Rochester.

On New Year's Day, a former volunteer firefighter lit a small fire outside the vacant clubhouse of a closed 9 - hole course outside Orlando, then returned three days later to spark a larger blaze, with the help of a can of paint thinner he had found there.

The only commercial buildings in the small town are a post office, a country store, a town hall, and the fire hall, which supports about 30 volunteer firefighters.

Selected as one of Brockville's first volunteer firefighters in the early 1980s, Merkley worked five major fires in his first three months on the job, the first with two fatalities.