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BP Focus
September 2010
Fire Service Overtime: A Real Need, or in Need of Overhaul?
By Jenifer Goodwin
As cities and counties grapple with budget cuts and public employee unions jockey to retain pay and benefits, one group of workers has repeatedly found itself in the eye of the storm: firefighters. News reports from around the nation have drawn attention to the high salaries of some firefighters, mostly as a result of generous overtime and sick-leave policies. The Orange County (Calif.) Fire Authority paid out $28 million in overtime in 2008, a 55…....
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August 2010
Bundling Services—and Breaking Ground— in Wake County
By Jenifer Goodwin, associate editor
Being an early adopter of new technology has its pluses and minuses. Recently, the folks at Wake County (N.C.) Emergency Medical Services found out one of the drawbacks when they learned the electronic patient care reporting (EPCR) system they’d used for nearly a decade would no longer be sold or supported by the software company that made it...
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