From the Eagle-Tribune: Thirty Haverhill (Mass.) firefighters who were involved in an EMT recertification scandal are losing the extra pay they were to receive as emergency medical technicians. The money — $58,000 in total — will instead be used to pay overtime wages and hire a public-safety consultant to study the fire department.

The state’s Department of Health suspended the 30 firefighters’ EMT licenses after it was determined that they obtained recertification without taking the proper training. They were among 207 firefighters and ambulance workers statewide who had their licenses suspended by the state.