1/22/13: Northville Township and its firefighters union has reached an agreement on a new three-year contract that will give the firefighters a slight pay increase each year. Read more >>
1/20/13: The Sterling Heights Fire Department has been awarded $232,548 from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Assistance to Firefighters grant program. The department will use the grant to replace all of its Lifepack monitors on its advance life support engines and the bottles firefighters use in their self-contained breathing apparatus, according to a news release. The grant also will be used for fire officer training courses for more than 30 department personnel.
Applications for this examination must be received at the office of the Civil Service Department, 33000 Civic Center Drive, Livonia, MI 48154, no later than 5:00 p.m, Friday, February 15, 2013, in order to be accepted. Click here >>
1/16/13: The City Council is accepting a federal grant for $616,876 that will provide funds to hire four firefighters for a two-year period. Read more >>
1/14/13: Employee Services Director Dennis Jordan said a meeting with the city firefighters' union, the International Association of Fire Fighters, is scheduled for Thursday, Jan. 17. Read more >>
1/14/13: Fire officials in Harrison Township and Mount Clemens would like to rekindle plans to consolidate the two departments in the new year after a previous proposal fizzled out with little notice last fall. Read more >>