Senators propose up to $25K in hazard pay for essential workers
The COVID-19 "Heroes Fund" would increase pay for first responders and other essential employees by $13 per hour
Q&A: How fire and EMS leaders can face the economic impacts of the global pandemic
Chief Steve Pegram details the possible financial impacts facing fire and EMS departments as well as the goals of the IAFC’s Economic Task Force
Local governments providing hazard pay, stipends for first responders
Several local governments have implemented hazard pay and stipends for first responders and other front-line workers during the COVID-19 pandemic
More than 1,300 FDNY members return to work
The department said the firefighters and EMS providers, who were either exposed to or diagnosed with COVID-19, are able to return to full duty
Volunteer Minn. fire-rescue suspending first response service due to PPE shortage
The volunteers will no longer make first responses to medical calls before the primary ambulance provider arrives
Mich. Supreme Court to hear case of patient involved in ambulance crash
The patient's lawsuit claims the crewmember who was driving the ambulance was negligent in causing the crash that delayed his treatment