California’s century-old prisoner firefighter program is drawing fresh criticism as hundreds of incarcerated people have been deployed to fight the deadly wildfires in the Greater Los Angeles area.

Pushed by the firefighters union to address cancer risks and backed by a million-dollar campaign, San Francisco’s Proposition H was winning a narrow majority with thousands of ballots still ...

Irving firefighters would be allowed to negotiate their contracts through collective bargaining if a ballot proposition passes on Tuesday. Irving voters will decide on a proposition that would ...

Currently, Baton Rouge Firefighters start out at $33,207 per year. Morgan says the raises would equate to about a 17-20% pay raise, and cost taxpayers about $14.5 million.

In 2023, the Baton Rouge Fire Department was called to help 34,465 times.

Firefighters nonendorsement latest example of Harris struggle with white men By Haisten Willis October 4, 2024 6:39 pm ...

The questions are: Proposition No. 1 — “Adoption of the state law applicable to firefighters that establishes collective bargaining if a majority of the affected employees favor representation ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom, California firefighters and other groups are throwing their support behind Prop. 1, which calls for a $6.38 billion bond to tackle the homelessness and mental health crises.

The firefighters' union has billed Tuesday's hearing as "the day of reckoning" that will expose the city's conflicting arguments in the two cases. In the end, the union hopes, the high court will ...

Cal Fire spokesman Issac Sanchez declined to directly respond to a question about how many firefighters the department could hire with that much money, referring questions to the proposition’s ...

Proposition 30 would funnel an estimated $525 million to $750 million to a new fund to be used by Cal Fire with an explicit emphasis on hiring and retaining firefighters, according to a breakdown ...