Overtime pay more than doubled the base salaries of some Clark County firefighters, costing taxpayers more than $20 million in 2022, county pay records show.
Firefighters were kept busy in Telford on Friday night into Saturday with calls to a Premier Inn, a bonfire in a back garden and a blaze in an underpass.
Melrose Mayor Jen Grigoraitis released a statement Friday confirming that a Melrose Fire Department employee, whom she did not name, had been arrested and was immediately placed on leave immediately.
The wildland firefighters' union says Alberta has a retention problem. A firefighter points to 'absurdly short contract lengths,' having to reapply each year and inexperience.