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NY Firefighter Dies Months After City Layoffs from Migrant Crisis

A New York City firefighter has died of a heart attack, months after he was fired over the city’s cost-cutting measures in response to the ongoing immigration crisis. Derek Floyd, 36, reportedly went into cardiac arrest and died earlier this month, four months after the city cut staff and reduced housing and services costs for […]

St. Louis reverses firefighter pension change – St. Louis Post-Dispatch

ST. LOUIS — Aldermen on Friday overrode Mayor Tishaura O. Jones’ veto and reversed changes to the firefighter pension system adopted years ago to rein in runaway spending. The vote still requires state approval and would return oversight of all firefighter pensions to a commission led by firefighters, as it was before the 2012 reform. […]

NYC firefighter and cop ready to square off at Battle of the Badges

The Big Apple’s Bravest and Finest are about to face off. New York City Fire Department Ladder 9 Firefighter Danny Quinn and NYPD Sgt. Jesse Peterford of the 61st Precinct will go head-to-head and bang in the boxing ring Thursday for a long-awaited rematch in the Big Apple’s first international badge contest. New York City […]