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The deal, ratified Thursday, includes a $5/hour structural raise and a 24-hour-on/72-hour-off pilot.
Paramedics with Houston Fire Department’s medic units ratified a new four-year contract Thursday night, fourteen months after their previous agreement expired, with a structural $5/hour raise and a six-month pilot of a 24-on/72-off shift schedule on three medic units.
The pilot is the first of its kind among the ten largest U.S. fire-based EMS systems.
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