Fire Department Reductions Since January 2020

Tucson, Arizona

State Of Hawaii

News Story:

Cost Type: Pay cut for existing personnel

City or Department leadership vote? State House

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

News Story:

Cost Type: Proposed hiring freeze, leaving positions unfilled 

City or Department leadership vote? Council

Comments:Proposed 3.3% decrease to police and fire” change police and fire to law enforcement and first responders

Ogdensburg, New York

News Story:

Cost Type: Personnel reduced, positions cut

City or Department leadership vote? Council

Watertown, New York

News Story:

Cost Type: Vacant positions stay vacant, one position cut 

City or Department leadership vote? City Council

Long Island/Staten Island, New York

News Story:

Cost Type: Reduce personnel, close firehouses

Value: Proposed $27M cut 

Ann Arbor, Michigan

News Story:

Cost Type: Reduce personnel

City or Department leadership vote? City Council

Cheyenne, Wyoming

News Story:

Cost Type: Reduction in force by attrition, 1% salary cut, cut in professional budget used for training

City or Department leadership vote? City Council

Denver, Colorado

News Story:

Cost Type: Reduced positions, deferred recruit class

Value: $9.7M

City or Department leadership vote? City Council

Las Vegas, Nevada

News Story:

Cost Type: Limiting overtime funds, removing apparatus from service if too many vacancies

Value: $10M

State Of California 

Tacoma, Washington

News Story:

Cost Type: Reduce fleet by one engine

City or Department leadership vote? City Council

Santa Fe, New Mexico

News Story:

Cost Type: Infrastructure upgrade postponed; budget decrease by 12.8%

Peoria, Illinois

News Story:

Cost Type: Proposal to eliminate two engines

City or Department leadership vote? City Council

Dayton, Ohio

News Story:

Cost Type: Potential layoffs, withdrew overtime funding for Medic 10, delayed 2021 firefighter class

City or Department leadership vote? City Council

St. Paul, Minnesota

News Story:

Cost Type: Holding off on filing vacant positions, attempt to sell fire station for $1.4M

Value:$480,000

Sandusky, Ohio

News Story:

Cost Type: Fire jobs eliminated because of budget cut

City or Department leadership vote? City Council

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

News Story:

Cost Type: One engine company cut, vacant positions will remain unfilled

City or Department leadership vote? City Council

Racine, Wisconsin

News Story:

Cost Type: Vacant positions will remain unfilled, reduce number of crews on ambulance from 3 to 2

Gary, Indiana

News Story:

Cost Type: Budget decreased by approximately $1.3M

City or Department leadership vote? Common Council

Rutherford County, Tennessee

News Story:

Cost Type: Held off on buying two new engines because of budget cut

City or Department leadership vote? City Council

Guilford County, North Carolina

News Story:

Cost Type: Budget cut, no money in budget for 3 new planned hires, run one engine at a time instead of two

Value: $800,000

City or Department leadership vote? Board of Commissioners

Miami, Florida

News Story:

Cost Type: Cut more than a dozen firefighters

State of Georgia

News Story:

Cost Type: $1.3 million in combined cuts to the Georgia Public Safety Training Center, Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council and Georgia Firefighter Standards and Training Council in GA budget

Value:$1.3M roughly

Charleston, South Carolina

News Story:

Cost Type: Budget cut which would cause 31 firefighters to be laid off

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

News Story:

Cost Type: Budget cut forced early retirement of four firefighters (non-voluntary)`

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

News Story:

Cost Type: Budget cut (w/t federal aid) would force the layoff of 150 firefighters

City or Department leadership vote? Yes

Comment: Pittsburgh received federal aid but unclear how many firefighter jobs were lost.

Juneau , Alaska

News Story:

Cost Type: Vacant position(s) remain unfilled, possible services cut & possible furloughs

Camden , New Jersey

News Story:

Cost Type: Vacant positions will remain unfilled and certain leadership positions will be cut, rearranged other positions

Fairfax, Virginia

News Story:

Cost Type: Denied workers’ compensation claims after contracting COVID-19

Petersburg, Virginia

News Story:

Cost Type: Closed one fire station because of financial concerns caused by COVID and costs associated with removing mold

New Haven, Connecticut

News Story:

Cost Type: Budget not enough to cover overtime, vacant positions remained unfilled.