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‘These calls, they stick with you:’ HFD has its own in-house team of therapists to help them through grief, PTSD. They hope more firefighters reach out to them.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/city-of-houston/2025/01/06/509256/houston-firefighters-mental-health-risks-exacerbated-by-long-standing-problems/

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Yesenia Espinoza Mendez, the woman accused of setting a warehouse fire that killed a Houston firefighter earlier this month, has been charged with murder.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/crime/2024/11/22/506869/murder-charge-filed-against-woman-accused-in-houston-firefighters-death/

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The Houston City Council unanimously approved an historic $650 million settlement with the Houston firefighters union, covering eight years of back pay owed to firefighters.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/city-of-houston/2024/06/18/490956/houston-firefighter-back-pay-settlement-approved-by-city-council/

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Houston’s proposed $1.5-billion deal for a new contract and backpay for Houston Firefighters is on hold at least until next week. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/city-of-houston/2024/06/05/489715/houston-city-council-stalls-vote-on-fire-department-contract/

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Controlled fires at the Houston Arboretum Wednesday will reduce years of overgrown vegetation that can pose a wildlife threats.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2024/02/21/478169/fire-department-to-conduct-controlled-burns-at-houston-arboretum-wednesday/

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Houston Mayor John Whitmire Wednesday fulfilled a campaign commitment by ordering a labor dispute appeal be withdrawn, ending a longtime court feud and taking a step towards mending the city's relationship with the firefighters union.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/city-of-houston/2024/01/04/473473/houston-mayor-whitmire-drops-firefighters-union-appeal-days-into-term-begins-negotiations/

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A district court judge has ordered the city of Houston to settle a years-long labor dispute with its firefighters’ union out of court.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/city-of-houston/2023/12/18/472540/judge-orders-arbitration-between-houston-and-its-firefighters-union/

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