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In a unanimous vote by the Greenville City Council on September 11, 2025, the City of Greenville, North Carolina, approved a major schedule change for its Fire/Rescue Department. Starting in March 2026, firefighters will move from a 24 hours on / 48 hours off shift schedule to a 24 hours on / 72 hours off schedule. The City of Greenville is the latest ...

The State of Rhode Island (RI) has enacted historic legislation expanding overtime protection for firefighters working in the state. The new law [well, to be precise, it is actually an elimination of a past exemption and the expansion of an existing statute] mandates overtime pay for local firefighters for all hours worked over an “average” of forty-two hours per week. ...