The family of Raymond Zack who drowned himself by walking into the San Francisco Bay while Police and firefighting personnel watched, filed a civil claim against Alameda City and County stating that first responders were negligent and “breached their mandatory ...

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Last March, I had blogged about former Palm Beach fire chief William Amador suing the Town of Palm Beach and Town Manager Peter Elwell, alleging wrongful termination and a violation of his due process rights. Chief Amador was terminated for his ...

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Paramedic Patty Greer was placed on indefinite suspension without pay after she fell asleep last Saturday night at a patient’s home while entering the patient’s information into her laptop. Greer says that she bent down to enter the patient’s details ...

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The Los Angeles Fire Department has been in the news lately over the appearance of an apparatus in porn movies. Fire Chief Brian Cummings launched an investigation that resulted in no disciplinary actions after it was discovered that the porn movies ...

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Kansas City, Missouri reached a $280,000 settlement with Hope Nkani and Gift Nkani, parents of  7-year-old  boy Obarimomoya Nkani who was struck and killed by a responding city fire truck in 2009. Obarimomoya was returning home from Woodland Elementary School ...

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A Florida firefighter has filed a wrongful termination suit claiming he was illegally fired last March in retaliation for his support for a union. John Carter was fired from the Freeport Fire Department on March 17, 2011 allegedly because he ...

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Two firefighters from opposite ends of the country pled not guilty to serious criminal charges this week. In Hawaii, a Maui County firefighter was arraigned on Tuesday on drug charges related to the search of his fire station that uncovered ...

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A Revere, Massachusetts man was injured last Friday when he was struck by hose that had dislodged and was being dragged by a passing engine company. The video below shows the man being struck. While not a legal issue per se ...

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The Memphis Fire Department is launching an investigation into comments that a firefighter and union representative made on Facebook earlier this year. Robert Kramer stepped down from Local 1784’s  Executive Board and issued apologizes for the comments. Kramer, who was ...

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The Los Angeles City Fire Department has completed its investigation into the use of a LAFD engine company in a porn video, and the result is that no members will be disciplined. According to Fire Chief Brian Cummings, a city ...

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Four more New York volunteer fire departments have settled age discrimination claims with the EEOC over their LOSAP programs. That makes at least 10 separate age discrimination lawsuits filed by the EEOC against New York volunteer fire departments since 2006. ...

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Two high ranking fire officers in two different states have been convicted in the past week. In Montana, former Central Valley Fire District fire chief Brett Waters pled guilty to one count of “official misconduct” for using fire department equipment ...

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Today’s burning question: My fire department offered me a $26,000 buyout to retire. If I take it, does the $26,000 include accrued vacation time, or can I still get paid for the time I have on the books?  That question ...

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A retired Knoxville Fire Department captain has filed a class action lawsuit alleging that his disability pension had been wrongfully designated as taxable income. Derrell Frye filed suit on behalf of all similarly situated Knoxville firefighters and police officers whose ...

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