Firefighters in Oneida, New York are grieving a decision to reduce minimum shift staffing from five to four. The Oneida Professional Firefighters Association, IAFF Local No. 2692 filed the grievance after Mayor  Don Hudson issued a directive to reduce the ...

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A Florida firefighter is in jail, charged with extortion and related offenses following his threat to release the contents of an illegally recorded private conversation between his fire chief and union president. Fort Lauderdale firefighter Steve Loleski, 35, a 12 ...

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The Massachusetts Court of Appeals recently handed down a decision in the case of Holland Fire Department v. Lamountain, et al that upheld the right of an agricultural landowner to burn agricultural materials without obtaining a burning permit. The court ...

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Let me read that title again… motorcycle owners sue church for lack of water for firefighting. Yup. That’s it. A group of eleven motorcycle owners in Madison County, Illinois have filed suit against Peace Free Will Baptist Church for negligence ...

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