The city of Chicago has agreed to settle a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the family of an 13 year old girl who died in 2002 from an asthma attack. Arielle Starks died when paramedics allegedly failed to properly intubate ...

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Not sure how we missed this last week, but twelve white firefighters from Buffalo were awarded $2.5 million in a reverse discrimination suit that was filed back in 2007. The suit alleged that the city purposely allowed promotional lists to ...

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Last Thursday, the Rhode Island Supreme Court issued a long awaited ruling on the legality of non-lawyer union officials representing local unions in grievance arbitrations. In In re Town of Little Compton, the court concluded that it is permissible for ...

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Today’s burning question involves the right of an IAFF firefighter to speak his mind at a union meeting… and whether he can later be bullied by a ranking officer over what he said. Today’s Burning Question: At a union meeting, ...

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An Evansville, Indiana fire captain who is also a city councilman is facing termination after he was accused of drinking  following a council meeting, and before returning to duty with the fire department. Evansville Fire Department Captain Al Lindsey, a Sixth ...

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There is a case pending before the Ohio Supreme Court that raises some important considerations for fire departments, and in particular questions about a department’s policy for emergency response driving. The case arose out of an apparatus accident in Canton, Ohio on ...

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A Texas fire chief, his mother, and his sister have been arrested and charged with embezzling approximately $40,000 from the Iola Volunteer Fire Department.  Fire Chief Earl Sword, his mother Wanda Sword (an accountant of the fire department)  and his ...

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The Erie firefighter who was terminated from the department after she tried to commit suicide by setting fire to clothes in a bathtub, has won her job back. Mary Wolski, 45, the department’s first female firefighter, set the fire hoping that the ...

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Two firefighters with the Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service are out of their jobs following a minor backing accident that damaged a wall. They were accused of lying about the use of a spotter. David Woollam and William Lindfield ...

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Today’s burning question: I am a firefighter paramedic in a volunteer fire department. One of our ambulance drivers  was recently put on a morphine pump, and many of us are concerned about whether he should be allowed to drive, or even ...

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A 20 year old volunteer firefighter from Pennsylvania has been charged with indecent assault for sexually assaulting a junior firefighter last year.  Joseph Traino, of the Chambers Hill Fire Company, was in court yesterday on charges that date back to ...

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An IAFF union president from Pennsylvania has been disciplined for asking other IAFF members not to volunteer during their off-duty hours in his jurisdiction. Chambersburg Fire Department Captain Patrick Martin, President of Greater Chambersburg Area Paid Fire Fighters Association, IAFF ...

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A Los Angeles City firefighter has received a half-million dollar settlement following a sexual harassment complaint he filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Firefighter Anthony Almeida complained that he was continually harassed by fellow firefighters after they ...

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