St. Louis Fire Department

St. Louis Firefighter Dies At Fire Station

Maria Altman and Kelsey Proud — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 20:50:42 +0000

Updated 3:33 p.m. with photo from Truck Co. 14

A St. Louis firefighter died while on duty today at a fire station on S. Kingshighway.

St. Louis Fire Department spokesman Captain Dan Sutter says Jeffrey Hudson appeared to have passed away in his sleep.

Hudson went out on a call early this morning than returned to Fire Station #36.

Sutter says he was found in his bunk later in the morning.

The department says Hudson’s death likely will be considered in the line of duty.

More information about Hudson has not been released by the department.

St. Louis city, state will take residency law dispute to the Supreme Court

Rachel Lippmann — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 21:00:00 +0000

The state of Missouri and the city of St. Louis will go in front of the state Supreme Court on Thursday to argue over who can decide where city employees live.

St. Louis firefighter pension reform bill stalls in committee

Joseph Leahy — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 22:54:19 +0000

The bulk of Mayor Francis Slay’s firefighter pension reform bill stalled today in the St. Louis Board of Alderman’s Public Safety Committee.

The committee passed a provision barring trustees of the Firemen’s Retirement System from suing the city over the design or benefits of the pension plan. But the committee postponed voting on major reforms that would make firefighters to pay more into the system and prevent retirement until age 55.

Alderman Larry Arnowitz says he’s certain if reform passes, firefighters will fight the changes in court.

St. Louis City looking to cut costs, eliminate redundancy for city services

Adam Allington — Wed, 16 May 2012 22:29:11 +0000

The St. Louis Board of Commissioners have approved a plan to reduce the number of city police districts.

The city currently operates a total of nine districts that were established back in 1962.

But Police Chief Dan Isom says the department had twice as many officers back then and more than twice the number of citizens to serve.

“In the last 30 years we’ve lost about 1,000 officers,” Isom said. We used to have 2,200 officers, now we’re down to about 1,300 officers. But the slots for those command structures are still the same.”

Firefighters sue school districts over transfers

Rachel Lippmann — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:56:18 +0000

Updated at 1:40 p.m. with additional information from the Lindbergh School District.

Updated at 2:45 p.m. with information from the Webster Groves School District.

Updated at 3:57 p.m. with a statement from the Kirkwood School District.