Marin Firefighter News

International Rescue: LA County’s USAR Task Force 2 responds to disasters around the world as one of only two internationally certified USAR teams in the nation.

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 A former Assemblyman from Sacramento has dropped an effort to qualify a ballot measure that would have gutted retirement security for firefighters and other public workers. However, other threats still loom.

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California's first responders are united in mourning the loss of a San Francisco firefighter in the line of duty, 48-year-old Lt. Vincent Perez died from injuries suffered while battling a Thursday morning house fire. Two others were injured in the blaze. One -- Firefighter-Paramedic Anthony Valerio -- remained in critical condition Thursday night.

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 San Diego's controversial plan to privatize retirement could wind up costing the city more, not less. An analysis of the ballot proposal to replace secure pensions with 401(k) plans says the proposal may actually force the city to pay more into the pension system, at least in the short run.

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California's first responders join San Francisco Fire Fighters Local 798 in mourning the loss of a second San Francisco firefighter in the line of duty,Firefighter Paramedic Anthony Valerio, 53, died early Saturday morning, two days after he was critically injured battling a Thursday morning house fire. Valerio and 48-year-old Lt. Vincent Perez...