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Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas celebrates the approval of a new five-year labor contract with members of Local 42 of the International Association of Fire Fighters in August.

Kansas City (MO) Will Pay $850,000 to Firefighter Who Says He Didn’t Get Promotion Because He’s White

A retired Kansas City Fire Department battalion chief is set to receive an $850,000 settlement for dropping a lawsuit that claims he was denied a promotion due to his race and gender.
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ManagementNews

Firefighters Free Man From Trench Collapse at Worksite in Overland Park (KS)

A man was rescued from a collapsed trench at a worksite in Overland Park Tuesday morning.
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FireRescueNews

Kansas City (MO) Firefighter Convicted in Fatal Truck Crash Fights Termination

A Kansas City firefighter convicted of involuntary manslaughter in a fire truck accident that killed three people will fight to retain his job.
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FireRescue

Arbitrator: Pay MO Fire Truck Crash Victims $32 M; Blasts Firefighter’s ‘Blatantly False’ Claims

A Kansas City firefighter made “blatantly false statements” to police investigators after he drove a fire engine through a red light.
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FireRescue

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Kansas City (KS) Firefighters Protest Leadership

Kansas City firefighters picketed in protest of department leadership Tuesday, calling for changes in the working conditions of the department.
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Leadership

Kansas City (MO) Firefighters Pull Nine Children From Apartment Building Fire

Fifteen people were injured in a fire in an apartment building early Friday morning in Kansas City, including two children.
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FireRescue

Kansas City (KS) Firefighter in Critical Condition After Fall Through Roof

A Kansas City firefighter fell through the roof of a commercial building this morning and was injured.
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FireRescueNews

Kansas City, Missouri Firefighters Injured in Response Crash

The fire engine was responding to a structure fire and had entered the intersection against a red light, with its lights and siren working.
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FireRescue

USFA: Missouri On-Duty Death

While on-duty, Captain Robert “Bobby” Rocha contracted COVID-19 from a patient with a known case of COVID-19.
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FireRescueNews

Ground Broken for Memorial to Fallen Kansas City Firefighters

Developers break ground on the site of a 2015 fire that killed two Kansas City firefighters.
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FireRescueNews

LODD Anniversary: Missouri Firefighters Killed in Collapse

Two dead and two injured on this day in 2015.
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Training