012319 Marengo Fire Department (MA)

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Assistant Chief John Kimmel talks about the troubles he and other firefighter/paramedics deal with at the Marengo Fire Department on Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019 in Marengo. The firefighter/paramedics on staff receive no benefits and have lost 18 of 54 members since 2015 who have gone to work at fire departments that offer benefits.

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Chief Bob Bradbury is reflected in a glass-topped table as he talks about the troubles he and other firefighter/paramedics deal with at the Marengo Fire Department on Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019 in Marengo. The firefighter/paramedics on staff receive no benefits and have lost 18 of 54 members since 2015 who have gone to work at fire departments that offer benefits.

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Chief Bob Bradbury talks about the troubles he and other firefighter/paramedics deal with at the Marengo Fire Department on Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019 in Marengo. The firefighter/paramedics on staff receive no benefits and have lost 18 of 54 members since 2015 who have gone to work at fire departments that offer benefits.

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Chief Bob Bradbury talks about the troubles he and other firefighter/paramedics deal with at the Marengo Fire Department on Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019 in Marengo. The firefighter/paramedics on staff receive no benefits and have lost 18 of 54 members since 2015 who have gone to work at fire departments that offer benefits.

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Chief Bob Bradbury talks about the troubles he and other firefighter/paramedics deal with at the Marengo Fire Department on Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019 in Marengo. The firefighter/paramedics on staff receive no benefits and have lost 18 of 54 members since 2015 who have gone to work at fire departments that offer benefits.

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Chief Bob Bradbury talks about the troubles he and other firefighter/paramedics deal with at the Marengo Fire Department on Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019 in Marengo. The firefighter/paramedics on staff receive no benefits and have lost 18 of 54 members since 2015 who have gone to work at fire departments that offer benefits.

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Chief Bob Bradbury counts 18 firefighter/paramedics out of 54 in a 2015 department poster who have left the Marengo Fire Department for other departments which offer benefits on Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019 in Marengo.