Boston (MA) Firefighters Block City Vax Mandate – For Now

A Massachusetts appeals court judge granted a temporary stay in a win for firefighters hoping to block the city’s mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy.

But the decision is only temporary while the judge examines more closely the ruling that upheld the vaccine mandate.

Firefighters are asking the city to allow for a testing option in lieu of vaccination.

Brattleboro (VT) new fire chief

Brattleboro (VT) Appoints New Fire Chief

Jay Symonds, who previously served with the Manlius (N.Y.) Fire Department, will succeed Chief Leonard Howard, who retired late last year. Symonds will begin in his new…
Kayla Lueking Terre Haute (IN)

Terre Haute (IN) Firefighter Takes on Weighty 5K Challenge

Lueking, who has been with THFD for only a year, is running the Vermillion Trails Alliance Victory Races 5K to raise money for Team of…