Understanding the 2010 Elections: The voters have spoken, but what were they saying? CPF posed this and other questions about Campaign 2010 to two independent experts who are veterans of the Capitol wars.
The success of firefighter-backed candidates was a cause for celebration at the state and local levels. Further down the ballot, however, a less hospitable wind was blowing.
Contra Costa County firefighters have put together 350 new bicycles this year to be given out to low-income children in the annual Bikes for Tykes program. Every year for the past 20 years, firefighters have spent their pre-Christmas off-duty time assembling bicycles and tricycles at fire stations throughout the county for the program.
In December, CPF's EMS/Health and Safety Director Kevin White was honored for his leadership and contributions with a Distinguished Service Medal by the Emergency Medical Services Authority and the Commission on Emergency Medical Services.
The U.S. Senate has overwhelmingly approved legislation that will provide compensation for first responders who answered the call on September 11, 2001. The measure, which allocates $4.6 billion to pay medical expenses for those who suffered illnesses related to their 9/11 response, was passed after a compromise removed the threat of a GOP filibuster.