A Wisconsin fire captain has been charged with sexual assault following a 13 month long investigation into allegations made by a minor female seizure patient. Jodin D. Froeber, 37, of the Somers Fire Department has been charged with one count of ...

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Allentown, PA Firefighters IAFF Local 302 have appealed an interest arbitration decision handed down last month to Lehigh County Court.  The suit alleges that the arbitrator made several procedural errors in granting the award that covers four years, including overstepping ...

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A rescue lieutenant from Providence has filed a 19 page lawsuit against the city of Providence and Providence Firefighters, IAFF Local 799 alleging sexual harassment and discrimination. Here is a copy of the suit. Franchina v Providence More on the ...

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An Ohio fire chief has filed a second lawsuit against her former employer alleging breach of a confidentiality agreement contract and intentional infliction of severe emotional distress. Former Litchfield Township fire chief Joyce Teodecki filed the lawsuit in Medina County ...

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Three ranking officers of the Pittsburgh Fire Bureau have filed suit under the Fair Labor Standards Act claiming that PFB officers have been wrongfully denied overtime compensation. Deputy Chief Harry Scherer, Battalion Chief Robert Cox and Captain Edmund J. Farley ...

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A well known Las Vegas deputy chief has prevailed in a reverse discrimination suit against Las Vegas Fire & Rescue and its former fire chief. Last Friday, Deputy Chief Ken Riddle was awarded $365,000 in compensatory damages from the department ...

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The State of New Jersey has finally pulled the trigger on Cathy’s Law, joining the state of Connecticut by formally criminalizing the (a) taking or (b) dissemination of emergency scene photos depicting a patient by emergency responders. Cathy’s Law was ...

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Baltimore County has reached a settlement with the US Department of Justice and the EEOC over allegations that the county’s police and fire departments unlawfully discriminated against employees and candidates on the basis of disabilities. The case arose out of ...

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There is more bad news coming out of the beleaguered Velarde, New Mexico, Fire Department. The interium fire chief, appointed to replace the chief who was at the center of a major dispute, showed up at the fire station Monday ...

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Its been a busy week discipline wise in the fire service. Already here in Fire Law Blog we have posted stories from Philadelphia, Seattle, Baltimore, and Jacksonville, Florida that involved misconduct brought to light through internet postings. Now comes even ...

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Two stories in the news this week have prompted investigations in their respective fire departments looking into inappropriate behavior of firefighters. Both cases would probably have been non-issues had it not been for the fact that certain photos found their ...

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The Seattle Fire Department is investigating a photo posted on Facebook that some are calling funny but others are calling embarrassing, perhaps conduct unbecoming.

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Metro – Are these the tweets that led Nutter administration to ban firefighters from social media?.

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