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Tampa Bay Area Contracts

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"FTM"

Municipality or Special District

Bellair Bluffs

Bellair Beach

Clearwater

Dunedin

East Lake

Gulfport

Largo

Palm Harbor

Pinellas Park

Safety Harbor

Seminole

South Pasadena

St. Pete. Beach

St. Petersburg

Tarpon Springs

Tampa

Oldsmar

Lealman

Treasure Island

Pinellas Suncoast

Madeira Beach

25 Yrs & Out or Better

Yes (20)

Yes (23)

Yes

Yes Oct.- '07

Yes

Yes (20)

FRS

Benefit Accrual Rate

2.70%

2.75

2.57%

2.50%

3.25%

3% w/option of 4.0%

3.25%

3.40%

3.25

3.25%

DROP

Yes

COLA

Yes

Yes

Yes

Retirement

W-2 or Base

W-2

Base

W-2

Base

W-2

W-2 Oct.- '07

Base

W-2

Base

W-2

Base

Overtime @

Time & a Half

Yes

Vesting

10 Years

7 Years

10 Years

6 Years

10 Years

6 Years

Member Contribution

6.50%

5.5%

8% Oct.- '07

10.3%

9.45%

AFC*

5 of 10

Last 5

Last 3

5 of 10

3 of 10

5 of 10

3 of 5

5 of 10

Last 3

5 of 10

3 of 10

5 of 10

Comparison of Benefits Packages

10-04-2005

FRS PLAN

Ch. 175 PLAN

Catalog of Additional Resources and Links Found Elsewhere on this Web Site...

Current and Proposed Pay Offers

2004-2005 Pay Plan

Winfall in the wee hours: 40% raises

St. Petersburg Construction permits top $413M

St. Pete Posts Record Growth In 2005

Documenting the start of "The Winning Trend!"

SP Firefighters burning mad over city contracts

Frustrated firefighters plan to picket City Hall

Margo Fischer - Fire and Police Enemy

Up next for mayor: a big pay raise?

"Making $$$ from sick pay..." NOT IN ST. PETE!

2006 Annual City of St. Petersburg Budget

Tampa city managers get top pay

Sparks keep flying over fire district

Video of Schaitberger at Legislative Conference

St. Pete's Management Philosophy Source

A better Deferred Comp plan *you'll* never know!

Affordable housing for Teachers FD, PD?

* Average Final Compensation

How to Destroy America

Public may attend fire service meeting

Seminole will pay $344,987 to Lealman Fire

As tax rate falls, revenue rises

Council drops idea of property tax rate cut

Tampa Chiefs Ask For More Staff

Tampa Wants A New Fireboat

Enough police for city?

Keeping up with the Joneses

Rent On The Rise

Florida State Statute ch. 447

City loses grievance filed by fire union

Council delays battle on mayor's tax rate cut plan

Police staffing levels defended

How your two man ladder truck endangers YOU!

Flowers & Latvala take state posts...

Oldsmar mayor backs more firefighters - July 8

Oldsmar mayor backs more firefighters - July 11

City, fire union leaders need to put end to feud

Mayor Iorio seeks raise to $150,000

Marina getting $6M facelift

Chief's actions reflect poorly on city, Horne

I.A.F.F. LOCAL 1158 PREVAILS - AGAIN 7-26-06

I.A.F.F. LOCAL 1158 PREVAILS 6-27-06

Overhaul Of Nation's Pension Laws

Raises to keep Pinellas teachers in lead

A fire department that's stuck in the 70's - NOT!

More Proof WTC 1st Responders Exposed to Deadly Chemicals

Iorio proposes $728-million budget

Florida State Firefighter's Association Current Job Openings List

Pinellas Park FD gets Lifesaving Laptops

Pinellas Park Firefighters get help from new data

Fire chief not taken to task

Numbers show more police needed

Clearwater fire department steps up training, oversight

Soft on crime?

Annexation gets attention

Angry robber stabs paramedic

Annexation hits pause

Rising fees may cancel tax cut

City audit shows budget errors

Our pay proposal to the city as of August 17, 2006

Rescuers to get green light (back in 2001!)

Not in the City of St. Petersburg!

Chief must still reach out to firefighters

Kriseman resigns to run for House seat

What Ladder Trk. is protecting the Carillon Hilton?

Hilton St. Petersburg Carillon Park

Largo millage rate unchanged, nets additional $3M

FPF '05/'06 Wage Survey

Clearwater Paramedic Murray Reinstated

City ordered to rehire paramedic

Oldsmar will spring for new library, firefighters

Female firefighter claims discrimination

City won't roll back tax rate

Pinellas Park's tax rate cut after much debate

2007 St. Petersburg Budget

Budget Page for Several Years Budget

Rising fees may cancel tax cut

City's bills are in the mail - at long last

Arbitrator reverses second firing

Mike Jones wins arbitration hearing!

Baker comments on possible cabinet position

Dispute over firing reaches critical juncture

HORNE, AKIN ARE GRANTED RAISES OF 4%

Arbiter reverses second firing

Residents won't soon forget how paramedic failed

Ruling to rehire paramedic questioned

Mayor reshapes city's leadership

Fire department and taxpayers burned

Weapons of Mass Destruction in Tampa

Firefighters charge city gambling with their lives...

City workers' (Tampa) pay beats area average

Performance Justifies Police Pay

Tampa Police & Fire Retirement Anuity Proposal

Firefighters' contract dispute is going public

Firefighters picket for a pay raise

Some police applicants won't need college credit

Harmon defends policing policy change

PSF&RD commissioners weigh funding options

Appropriations Winners & Losers

How not to sell a new policing plan

Chief answers queries publicly

Gulfport police get 6 percent pay raise

District voters again reject plea for fire fee hike?

Candle blamed for Christmas fire that killed 4 m/o

Third act could bring curtain down on PSF&RD

Computers for police in Largo long overdue

Who's running things in St. Petersburg?

Fallout lands on Baker

How much do Public Information Officers make?

St. Petersburg: tax reform carries steep price

2-24-07Miami Firefighters Contract Update

Fire chief faces DUI charge

Extra duty has police struggling

Fighting more than fires

Judge backs order on rehiring

Clearwater ordered to hire back Inspector

Firefighters have higher risk of heart attacks

Safety officers denied on-duty death benefits

Crashed tanker unleashes blaze

Direct link to Ch. 10 Video of tanker crash

Fatal tanker truck fire closes I-375 in St. Pete

Ch. 28 Deadly tanker explosion in St. Pete

TBO.com - Tanker Truck Burns On I-375

TBO.com - Tanker video

Ch. 13 - Widespread damage from crash...

AFL-CIO Sides With NRA In Backing Employees

Paramedics may not get licenses back

Show me the money

City to give $1M for housing

Orlando Fire Department misspent federal grant

SPPD Fuzzy Math

An alarming record for Sunstar EMS

Senators agree on $11 billion in property tax cuts

Talking budgets with the mayor

Sneak preview will show off nearly $1M in improve

Indian River County FF - PM union gets raises

The truth being spoken on CNN?

Largo's fire chief will step down

Fire union rejects cost-cutting deal

North Lauderdale, firefighters at impasse over salaries and 'Kelly days'

Teachers to get 8 percent raise

Immigration Gumballs

Tribute to fallen leads to rebuke

Seminole Firefighters Pension Improvements

Fire captain's penalty cheapens Pasco image

Miami-Dade County workers earn pay fairly

Manatee fire districts may charge

Va. Has Big Stake in Bill on Public Safety Unions

Firefighters consider consolidating Unions

Battle over firefighter's wages rages on

Plan calls for higher taxes, no fire district

St. Petersburg General Fund Budget Summary

Future of fire district cloudy

Fire officials balk at annexation settlement offer

UAW Wins Job Security Pledges in GM Deal

Ethics complaint filed over Council pay raises

SPB Firefighters offered compromise

Pinellas teacher raises to average 4.7 percent

Fire chief demotes 2 in cheating case

Fire, police officials meet the president

Amazing Video

The Ultimate Free Porn Site

St. Pete council picks lawyer to fill Bryan's seat

Public to ponder taxes, fire service

$70 annual hike for fire district is eminently fair

Stupid women pretending to be a legislator

Lealman residents pay more, deal or no

Contract for fire rescue is imminent

Tentative agreement (Largo) union contract talks

Lealman could be a target come July 2

Fire district to plan new tact

Retirees might see a pension increase

St. Petersburg pulls $104 million out state pool

Orlando's fire service earns top rating

Salaries going up for Hernando teachers

On the Issue...

DeLand takes steps to allow fire service fees

Why Mayor Iorio?

Mayor, firefighters can't reach deal

Annexation battle changing

Tampa firefighters lobby mayor on the Web

Tumult taints plaza's safety

Tensions, gunfire leave some wary of BayWalk

2 new council members sworn in in St. Petersburg

'It's going to be difficult;' 2 take City Council seats

Tampa explores axing pensions

We need a do-over because of City Hall

Frustrated Tampa firefighters picket

Deputies want court to decide issue

Firefighters push for pay increase

A Chief with Balls!

City Council considers flat fire fee

Firefighters reject city's latest offers

Seminole Fire-Rescue jobs cut

Clearwater faces tough choices to cut $9M

Amendment 1 could force fire layoffs

Fire cuts begin; 4 must go so far

Fire chief arrested in dispute

UCF group advocates letting students carry guns

Firefighters union wants 1-cent sales tax

House panel: Let workers keep guns in cars

House offers compromise to guns-at-work debate

Overtime for Fire Rescue slashed in Martin County

Florida lawmakers approve gun-in-car law

Guns-at-work bill on its way to Crist

City considers moving fire officials

Police officers fighting for raises above 3 percent

Pinellas dual response system costing taxpayers

St. Petersburg detective shot; five arrested

Bryson named fire chief of the year

Deputy shoots, kills man in lobby of CH in SP

Additional Pictures of Courthouse shooting

Tampa wrong to withhold firefighter raises

Tampa owes merit raises to firefighters

Clearwater fire chiefs' extra pay questioned

Largo Fire Chief proposes ambulance plan

Pinellas Park, Lealman agree on settlement

Outdoor movies benefit fire fighters’ fund

St. Petersburg council member: Go slow...

Seminole council bickers on benefits but no cuts

Ambulance charge even if no one is taken

State lawmaker's house destroyed

Fire destroys home of state lawmaker

Rick Kriseman's home destroyed by fire

Electrical problem may hve caused Kriseman fire

After fire, Rep. Kriseman's family gets donations

St. Petersburg employees benefit -double-dipping

Clearwater, fire union at impasse

Fort Lauderdale FD & PD to receive 5% raises

City moves to curb retiree insurance subsidy

St. Pete cops campaign for cash (Video)

St. Pete cops campaign for cash (Story)

St. Pete Police: longer response times (Video)

St. Pete Police: longer response times (Story)

Three-Alarm Blaze In St. Pete

Lealman firefighters help laborer from tree

State firefighters' group boycotts Clearwater

Fiscal budget calls for cuts in spending

Clearwater unreasonable in firefighter dispute

St. Pete mayor proposes elimininating 51 jobs

State of the fire contract

St. Petersburg on solid financial ground

Pasco deputies give sheriff no-confidence vote

Orange County FF's Getting 12-Percent Raise

City budget reflects 6.8 percent in cuts

Clearwater to pay ex-firefighter $75K in settlement

Pinellas paramedic arrested

Paramedic Accused Of Molesting Patient In ambo

Paramedic arrested on battery charge

A paramedic did what?

Another St. Petersburg official knocks Jabil deal

They're just not getting Issue No. 1

County Commission, fire service leaders at odds

Pinellas Commission, fire service at odds on tax

Governments put cash on the table for Jabil

Should fire departments be consolidated?

LE fire budg't plan raises tax rate lowers spending

SS paramedic arrested on crack cocaine charge

Retired Ofc. Admits Creating Denigrating Images

City should transport patients, not EVAC...

Tampa firefighters not fans of budget proposal

Tampa City Council to vote on firefighter raises

COLA Starts Oct. '08 - 2% @ age 60 - not a guaranteed %

Tampa council OK's pay hikes for firefighters

Firefighters Win Pay Battle

Tampa Council OKs Pay Increases For FF's

Firefighters Win Pay Battle

Clearwater Fire could lose accreditation

Clearwater council steps in to end impasse

Fire Chief Geer should be let go

Controversial median ban passes in St. Pete

A fire chief's ounce of prevention for your home

Service, KC contract are issues in LE Comm.race

County considers closing Oakhurst fire station

County: Fire service changes to save $1.2-million

St. Petersburg city official arrested for DUI again

St. Petersburg Attorney Faces DUI Charges

Alstott gives thanks to St. Pete firefighters

Two mayoral candidates want to transcend race

St. Petersburg sues Pinellas County

Pinellas considering priority dispatching for 911

Pinellas County looks to prioritize 911 medical

County vote could take some engines off the road

Spend $50M to keep the Pier or close it and save

Local Fire Face Reduction In EMS Funding

Pinellas Park firefighters guaranteed raises

Time to streamline Pinellas 911 service

Pinellas moves to prioritize response to 911 calls

County dispatchers to gauge 911 emergencies

Police & Fire could charge for services

Pinellas County to delay vote on new EMS service

Auditors: Consolidate Fire In Unincorporated Pine

Arbutine re-elected in Belleair Bluffs

Audit: Pinellas fire departments wasting millions

Larry Williams enters St. Petersburg mayor's race

Pinellas plan to cut medics worries Clearwater

Pinellas fire service consolidation - save millions

Gulfport man hurt in grease fire dies

Time to streamline EMS

Historic change-out on Bluffs commission

Emergency response times raised

Pinellas leaders pass resolutions affecting EMS

Firefighters fight against proposed EMS changes

Budget Cuts Could Mean Fewer Firefighters

FF's say Pinellas saves money but risks lives

Pinellas takes more control of EMS

EMS resolutions receive county approval

EMS Under Budget Microscope In Pinellas

Consolidate city, county services to save money

Consolidate Pinellas fire services? It's a no-brainer

Pinellas County EMS / Fire Administration

Office of the Medical Director

Pinellas County job cuts

Rick Baker says St. Petersburg is 'fiscally strong'

Iorio Wants Unions To Give Up Raises To Avoid...

City Council decries Pinellas County's plan...

Pinellas could save millions if fire-rescue vehicles

Tierra Verde aims to dump St. Petersburg Fire

St. Petersburg, Pinellas County battle again...

Fire crews battling four-alarm fire in Lealman

St Petersburg wants $2M in stimulus funds for PD

St. Petersburg warehouse fire smolders

City council approves raises for Tampa workers

Florida FF-Endorsed Candidates Win Seats

St. Petersburg whacks $8.8 million from budget

Baker puts his cuts on the table

Mayor Baker announces major cuts in St. Pete

Cuts, layoffs in St. Pete not sitting well with some

Kathleen Ford criticizes Mayor Rick Baker for...

Language to undo TV annexation by Pnlls is killed

Double-dip bill resurrected...

Gulfport prepares to meet budget shortfall w/o...

Clwtr Bch, Sand Key and Isl. Estates - secession

St. Petersburg may fire Wachovia Global Securit

St. Petersburg mayoral candidate Bill Foster

Pinellas commissioners can't agree on pay cuts

Victims in Utah boat sinking have ties to SPPD

Former SP council member Kathleen Ford returns

Debate over EMS response heats up

Jamie Bennett criticized for offer of Rays tickets

St. Petersburg, unions poised for clash over job...

Fired aide says he and Bennett conspired...

Dealing with campaign crisis, Jamie Bennett to...

Lealman fire district pockets $47,284 from SP

Consolidation finds firefighters' favor

Increased ambulance use reduces EMS deficit,..

Time to combine fire departments

Retired St. Petersburg firefighters seek cost-of...

Debate brewing on how to staff fire trucks in SP

Grant sought to add firefighters

Debate brewing on how to staff fire trucks in SP

St. Petersburg won't apply for stimulus/firefighters

SPF concerned about terrorists getting vehicle

Kenneth City, Pinellas Park officials consider FD

Pinellas Park, Kenneth City approve fire contract

Lealman lost a bundle in fire service tiff, but...

Fire district can't practice what it preaches

Statements on Pinellas fire service inaccurate

State intrusion into fire service is wrong

Fire-rescue fee proposed in St. Pete

Two Clearwater fire officials suspended

Clearwater fire official's language leads to disciplin

State's pension fund running a deficit...

Largo officials wrestle with budget-cutting options

Fire services should be consolidated

Consultants say CFD is 'highly efficient...

Pinellas cities, fire districts seek more EMS funds

NIST Staffing Study

Landmark Residential Fire Study Shows How Crew Sizes and Arrival Times Influence Saving Lives and Property

Pension's past complicates EMS benefit comp...

In lean times, request for EMS raises rankles

Mayor Foster threatens veto, killing fire fee

Pinellas County ambulance fees increasing 10.15

157 retired St. Petersburg firefighters want COLA

Largo rejects magistrate's recommendations...

Pinellas to lay off 211 county workers

We estimate overtime and pension needs in EMS

6-27-2010 forward

Pin. County accepts EMS salary figures on faith

Clearwater budget plan trims police, fire rescue...

Lealman fire chief to speak on proposed transfer...

Chief: Flier on EMS response time is wrong

Pinellas County officials may back off EMS...

Despite LE data, PC to stick with medic plan

EMS, fire district millage going up

LE taxpayers may have to flesh out fire budget

Appeals court rules that SP owes former officers..

Live in unincorporated Pin? Your tax rate may rise

Pin. EMS tax rate could go up by 17.6 percent

Fire service debate isn't new for LE, PP.

EMS debate boiling over in PP, LE

Pinellas EMS funds are drying up...

PP council members approve pay raises for...

Loss of county funding may cause Clearwater to...

Pinellas commission backs off EMS tax increase

Largo commissioners change firefighter pay plan..

Avoiding hard EMS choices

St. Petersburg firefighters should have drug tests..

Sunstar chief urges employees to vot for Latvala

Priority dispatch proposal aims to alter Pinellas...

Candidates disagree on EMS reform

Pinellas officials explain delay on EMS report

St. Petersburg considers changes to EMS

Study says SP will save big if it leaves PC EMS

Pension funds need attention

State frets over pension debts of St. Petersburg...

Consultant suggests changes in EMS subsidy

1-23-2011 forward

Consultant suggests changes in EMS subsidy

Two St. Petersburg Police officers shot and killed

Errors fill preliminary report on Pinellas EMS sys..

President Schaitberger on The Ed Show

President Schaitberger on The Ed Radio Show

Retiring Boomers Find 401(k) Plans Fall Short

Funding inequities a sore point for Pinellas, EMS

Right to Work States Map

EMS cut would delay response

Firefighters find themselves a long way from 9/11..

Largo firefighters have new collective bargaining...

Many public employees contribute to pension...

Union sees savings for EMS by allowing firefighters to take patients to hospital

St. Petersburg brawl interrupted by shooting; paramedics also shot at

St. Petersburg fire chief opposes EMS funding...

EMS tax may jump 46 percent

Fire taxes may rise 2 percent to 41 percent...

Pinellas County kept public meeting agendas hidden on county website

Pinellas firefighters say ambulance handoff system wastes time

Pinellas Park urges county to discuss medical transport with cities, fire departments

Firefighters lock horns with LaSala, city managers over Pinellas' dual-responder EMS system

Faster EMS? Two firefighters will share their plan in Lealman

10-4-11 forward

Pinellas County Commission seeks change in law on EMS funding

State's decision in Dunedin's pension dispute with firefighters fails to bring resolution

Rift develops among Pinellas fire chiefs over EMS

St. Pete threatens to pull out of EMS if funding cuts okayed

St. Petersburg stands in way of needed EMS reform

Fire chief ousted from EMS advisory group

State Sen. Jack Latvala schedules public hearing on EMS

Marathon emergency medical services budget talks go nowhere

EMS advisory board urges study of firefighter transport

Mike Wallace resigns as head of Pinellas County Fire Chiefs Association

In the EMS wars, the county takes a licking

Anonymous words speak loudly

Firefighters rescue 89-year-old man from burning St. Petersburg home

Elderly man revived after fire

Tampa, St. Petersburg get high marks for pensions

Commission looks for EMS solution

Pinellas County commissioners want to try something new with EMS

9-30-11 forward

Pinellas firefighter dies 10 days after motorcycle crash

Lawmakers Want Studies for EMS Proposals

Pinellas legislators want audit of EMS proposals as LaSala steams ahead

Firefighter Injured While Battling Blaze

Fire engulfs Clearwater home, injures firefighter

EMS numbers frustrate both sides

Split EMS advisory group says Pinellas County should continue priority dispatch roll out

The stage is set for a clash between St. Petersburg and Pinellas County over EMS

Attention All Firefighters, Police, Corrections And Probation Officers

Leaque of Cities Bullshit

Sen. Jack Latvala: Comply with legislators' wishes on EMS committee

EMS property taxes could widely vary under county proposal

EMS goals: Efficiencies, trimmed costs

Pinellas renews contract with ambulance company

State Sen. Jack Latvala sets first meeting for EMS committee

Pinellas County Commission kills EMS "subdistrict" proposal

Pilot, schmilot, what does it cost?

Former state Sen. Jim Sebesta to head EMS committee

10-23-11 forward

Sanford-Millican plan already a success?

Ambulance-Based Emergency Transport to Continue

Largo, state at odds over police benefits

Clearwater and its cops come to an agreement on pensions

Looking ahead to a total transformation of Pinellas' EMS system

Expect to hear more about EMS fire transport

A shift towards sleep-deprived firefighters

Fire tax rates expected to go up for some

County commission approves changes to South Pasadena fire district

St. Petersburg takes first step toward domestic partnership registry

Pension dispute headed to court

After heated discussion, St. Pete Beach to seek information from sheriff on contract costs

Some Pinellas commissioners moving toward firefighter transport of emergency patients

St. Petersburg police officers boost their salaries with overtime pay

What happens if America loses its unions

REPORT CARD: FLORIDA

MUNICIPAL PENSION PLANS

Tax rate hike needed to pay for 2013 EMS in Pinellas

Clearwater firefighters sue city, claiming officials withheld overtime payments

6-28-12 forward

Clearwater firefighters Sue City for O/T

Pinellas administrator calls for 22 percent tax hike to pay for emergency medical services

Pinellas County administrator wants to raise taxes to cover $24 million shortfall

Six areas of unincorporated Pinellas face tax hike for fire service

St. Petersburg overpays pensions for 71 police officers

Proposed fire fee sticks it to the little guy

Fire fee ignites discord among leaders

Proposal to pay for EMS study widens gulf

Pinellas commissioners agree to hire EMS consultant, but some criticize county admin...

Pension costs create looming crisis in St. Pete Beach

Closer look at emergency services needed

Fire service change likely in area near South Pasadena — and that would mean lower taxes

Complex, regressive fire fee needs to go

Pensions, police and tax rates

Mayor Bill Foster now says nonprofits shouldn't have to pay the fire fee

Commissioner balks at tax hike for fire service in unincorporated Dunedin

Janet Long FF's have 'taken advantage' of Sept. 11

Candidate's firefighter comments create firestorm

Facebook page seeks to organize anti-Janet Long

9-26-12 forward

Cheaper fire service may come with another price, some officials say

Pinellas will modify plan to notify only ambulance service of some medical calls

First step toward reform of Pinellas EMS

FRS: Court Rules 4-3 In Favor of State

Taxpayers have $7M invested in St. Petersburg's Midtown plaza

St. Petersburg City Council wants more cops and raises for workers

Largo firefighters object to EMS plan

State Sen. Jack Latvala may move to remove EMS from Pinellas County oversight

Largo Fire Chief Under Investigation

Injured St. Pete firefighter wins workers compensation ruling

City turns its back on disabled firefighter

Opposition mounts to changes of Pinellas EMS System

Largo fire chief plans to retire April 1 as investigation continues

St. Petersburg council candidate, neurosurgeon won't treat any more city workers during campaign

St. Petersburg faces $2.8 million budget shortfall

Deputy Chief gets not to be interim Largo chief

St. Petersburg Lawyer: City didn't abandon FF

SP idles fire units to help deal with cash crunch

Investigation of Largo fire chief finds morale...

4-06-13 forward

Fire stations wait it out as county seeks to cut costs

Rick Kriseman takes on Bill Foster for St. Petersburg mayor

St. Petersburg mayor wins endorsement from police and fire unions

Kathleen Ford to run for St. Petersburg mayor

John Romano: Kathleen Ford makes mayoral race more interesting

St. Petersburg mayor locked in three-way race

St. Pete firefighter rushed to help Boston victims

County rejects Pinellas Park proposal for fire coverage in High Point

St. Petersburg residents offer budget ideas to city leaders

St. Petersbrug City Council member Wengay Newton wants to hear from fire chief

St. Petersburg idles fire units to help deal with cash crunch

Ruth: Job swaps cloaked in smoke, mirrors

St. Petersburg firefighters paid for time not worked

Romano: Keep better tabs on firefighter shift swaps

St. Petersburg Fire and Rescue change swap policy

Editorial: St. Petersburg needs a new fire chief

Mayor's team takes tough look at St. Petersburg police, fire agencies

St. Petersburg Fire Chief Jim Large responds to transition team report

2-5-14 forward

New plan to trim EMS funding in Pinellas County

St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman says cutting city's EMS money would be unfair

Florida County Considers Cutting EMS Funding

Pinellas fire chiefs say plan will reduce EMS services

St. Petersburg may pull out of EMS system as cuts loom

Others might follow if St. Petersburg leaves Pinellas EMS system

Editorial: St. Petersburg's EMS reform roadblocks

In Pinellas' EMS debate, it's a numbers game where nobody agrees

Largo is ready to fight Pinellas to adequately fund EMS

St. Petersburg Fire Rescue lieutenant controls the overtime system — and works most of it

Pinellas Commissioner Janet Long slams Lealman firefighters over EMS debate

Largo commission ready to vote on Pinellas EMS plan

Pinellas commissioners fire County Administrator Bob LaSala by unanimous vote

Pinellas fire officials say county numbers not real in EMS feud

St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman: City, county have tentative agreement on EMS funding

Pinellas property values rise for second straight year

6-13-14 Forward

Editorial: EMS agreement better than nothing, but more work needed