CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – 19 Action News has learned the first steps have been taken to merge the Cleveland Fire Department and ambulance service. The goal is to increase response time. Multiple sources tell 19 Action News the EMS Union voted overwhelmingly to allow firefighters, who are paramedics, to serve on ambulances. This hadn’t been done […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – A new timekeeping system for all Cleveland firefighters and EMS workers. The time clocks are fallout from a pay scandal within the Cleveland Fire Department. Firefighters paid other firefighters under the table to work for them while they still collected a paycheck. Firefighters and paramedics will now use a thumbprint to sign […]