Sentences with phrase «year of firefighting»

On the tail of California's most destructive and expensive year of firefighting ever, it might seem obvious that vegetation removal would reduce the risk of such a year happening again.

Mayor Tom Richards says Caufield has epitomized the sense of «service before self» in his 26 years of firefighting.

«For example, in our study, we saw that the first 15 years of a firefighter's tenure, regardless of their age, was the time for which they were most at risk for injury.

After 5 years of firefighting Alex decided to follow his passions of welding and entrepreneurship.

Firefighter possessing 10 years of firefighting and emergency care experience.

I have over 15 years of firefighter experience, including the past five years in a supervisory position.

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It brought him back to years earlier when, as a firefighter with the New York City Fire Department, he served as a first responder on September 11, crawling through the giant blocks of brick and mortar that had collapsed hours earlier.

Each year 2,500 students from the sister service branches train at the Louis F. Garland Fire Academy, located at Goodfellow Air Force Base, in order to become certified Department of Defense firefighters.

When a police officer or firefighter dies in the line of duty, the family is entitled to a federal death benefit, but some families wait years for their application to process.

One of the most interesting pieces I've come across lately deals with an investment firm that's been managing the pension plan for Tampa's police and firefighters for over 40 years.

It took an elevated platform, four firefighters and about 10 minutes to rescue a 21 - year - old man from the second - story roof of an apartment building...

• The Riddle of Tampa Bay: Harold and Jay Bowen — who alone have managed billions for Tampa's police and firefighters for forty years — may be two of the greatest stock pickers of all time.

Having worked as a firefighter for over thirty years, having worked as a grief counselor for over five years, having experienced lots of pain, suffering and sorrow as a hypnotherapist, to allow those in grieve, to be able to share their feelings and emotions in a non-judgmental atmosphere is huge.

The gop has alienated so many people from so many walks of life that the only voter represented by them will be a 50 year old white man who mistrusts minorities and women and unions and non christians and seniors and government employees and teachers and librarians and nurses and postal workers and immigrants and firefighters and I have probably left out quite a few of you who they have managed to insult this past year.

Last year, the city of Eugene, Ore., barred Christmas trees from public property, then backed down a bit and allowed firefighters to put up a tree on Christmas Eve and Christmas.

Now first, among police officers (and I think firefighters, paramedics, etc. too), you find that after a while, a few years on the job, they HAVE to find some sort of outlet, some relief, from the horror, tragedies, pain, and general muck, mire and filth they deal with day in and day out.

The video will be used by London Firefighters and the Brigade's Education team as part of their fire prevention outreach work, teaching children in foundation year classes (Nursery, Reception and Year 1) about the people who helpyear classes (Nursery, Reception and Year 1) about the people who helpYear 1) about the people who help us.

Village officials said they recently began negotiating new labor agreements with the Firefighter / Paramedic Association as well as the Metropolitan Alliance of Police and may have to make modifications later this year depending on contract settlements.

Nick Paproski is a career Paramedic / Firefighter with over 15 years of experience.

The New York City Fire Department commissioner said he wants more than 50 percent of firefighters to be minority and 15 percent to be women in 12 years — a sharp uptick from current levels.

However, by far the most expensive of all the public pension changes proposed this year — a restoration of generous disability retirement benefits for recently hired New York City police and firefighters — did not win approval before the legislative session ended.

This is the second year of the joint training of Ithaca Firefighters and Council members.

Another bill vetoed by the governor would have expanded the option of more expensive 20 - year retirement for some police officers and firefighters.

New York Daily News article on Borough President Adams meeting with FDNY firefighter Raheem Hassan following years of abuse and hazing by fellow firefighters at Engine 309 in Flatlands.

Makes all New York City police officers, firefighters, housing police, transit police, correction officers, and all surviving spouses eligible for variable supplements fund, regardless of number of years of service.

• Rick «Wall Street Lobbyio» Lazio's taxpayer bailout bonus... $ 1.3 million • One week of unemployment insurance for more than 3,000 unemployed New Yorkers who lost their jobs following the financial crisis... $ 1.3 million • Four average mortgages on homes that were foreclosed on during the financial crisis... $ 1.3 million • Starting base salary for 30 new New York City Police Officers... $ 1.3 million • Starting base salary for 30 new New York City Firefighters... $ 1.3 million • One year of SUNY tuition for 261 New York students... $ 1.3 million

«So, what used to happen was every year or two years there would be an extender that would go to the governor and put police and firefighters back in tier 2, but Paterson vetoed it in [20] 09,» said Maria Doulis, director of City Studies at the nonpartisan Citizens» Budget Commission.

Maloney says that without approval of the grant, the fire department will have to lay off 12 firefighters at the end of the year.

«I am honored to have been selected by Commissioner Nigro to lead the establishment of an independent agency to operate the Fire Pension Fund and enhance the quality and level of service afforded to firefighters and fire officers as they approach retirement after providing years of selfless service to the citizens of New York City,» Cassidy said at the time.

Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a tentative agreement on Thursday with the New York City firefighters» union for a seven - year labor pact that includes retroactive raises for firefighters, new disability pension protections and increased staffing for 20 of the Fire Department's roughly 200 engine companies by 2019.

For the third year in a row, the state Committee on Open Government is calling for the repeal or overhaul of a controversial statute that blocks public access to the disciplinary records of police and correction officers, as well as firefighters.

City council candidate Ryan Henry - Wilkinson says after years of legal battles between the city and its firefighter union, he's campaigning on restoring public trust in city government.

Firefighters are eligible for the health care coverage if they have served at least five years and entered the volunteer service after passing a physical that detected no signs of cancer.

No pension system has been hit harder than the FDNY's, whose pension costs have bal looned to nearly $ 1 billion a year, due to the deaths of 343 firefighters on 9/11, Ground Zero - related illnesses, and heavy overtime that has spiked retirement pay.

Scrapping the payout would save the city an estimated $ 1 billion a year — «the equivalent cost of more than 10,000 teachers, police officers, firefighters, sanitation workers, and correction officers,» Bloomberg told legislators on Monday.

After years of lobbying, volunteer firefighters undergoing cancer treatment will be able to qualify for state health benefits in early 2019 through a bill recently signed by New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

As a City Councilperson I need to do everything I possibly can to save the nearly 400 families of firefighters, teachers, police officers and teamsters that may be facing layoffs this coming budget year.»

At his swearing - in ceremony, Fire Chief Michael Monds, a 17 - year veteran, said as a young man growing up on Syracuse's south side, one of the poorest areas of the city, Monds never thought about becoming a firefighter.

And, if they're in good standing, they'll be good firefighters on the job, something Steve DiPasquale — a 39 - year member of the North Amherst Volunteer Fire Department — notes as essential to Erie County.

Gabay — a 43 - year - old Harvard - educated lawyer who'd worked for Cuomo's Empire State Development Corporation — was walking along Bedford Avenue after the annual West Indian community celebration in the early morning hours of Sept. 7 when the firefight broke out between the warring Folk Nation and 8 - Trey Crips gangs, prosecutors say.

The agreements call for wage increases of 10 percent over seven years for civilian employees and 11 percent over seven years for police and firefighters.

The New York City Fire Department commissioner said he wants more than 50 % of firefighters to be minority and 15 % to be women in 12 years — a sharp uptick from current levels.

At 11 a.m., funeral services and procession scheduled for a 40 - year - old city firefighter, Lt. Gordon M. Ambelas, killed during a fire in Brooklyn on Saturday, July 5; The Church of St. Clare, 110 Nelson Ave., Staten Island.

Stationing firefighters and medics 24 hours a day at Trump Tower costs New York City taxpayers $ 4.5 million a year — none of which has been reimbursed to the FDNY, agency officials said.

The FDNY employees who racked up the most overtime last year weren't putting out fires, according to an analysis of payroll records, which showed that not one of the department's top 25 OT earners was a firefighter or officer.

New York City firefighters who retired this year were eligible for average pensions of $ 113,341 — a nine percent increase over the previous year, according to the Empire Center.

I would like them to talk to the nurses, the junior doctors and the firefighters — come and tell them that years of austerity have improved their practice or their profession.»

Teachers, firefighters and council staff rallied in what was thought to be the biggest day of industrial action for years.

The issue was the subject of a feisty rally outside City Hall, led by the leaders of the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association and the Uniformed Firefighters Association, both of which have been at odds with de Blasio over this issue for more than a year.

«It's going to be better than last year,» DiNapoli said during a brief speech to members of firefighter unions from around the state.