Today’s burning questions (yes its plural): Part I: My chief is a complete and total stupid idiot. He refuses to issue me and the other guys that came on with me in my training academy new helmets despite the fact ...

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A wrongful death lawsuit filed against an Ohio firefighter and fire district has been settled for $1.57 million. Firefighter Timothy Johnson, now 43, of the Portage Fire District, was responding to a mutual aid structure fire on July 16, 2010 ...

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A Massachusetts fire chief has been charged with stealing drugs from the town’s ambulance. Fire Chief David F. Cobb of the Princeton Fire Department has been placed on administrative leave and charged with one count of larceny of a drug, ...

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Today’s burning question:  My fire department is installing video cameras on each ambulance, covering both inside the cab and box, and outside as well. Is this is legal? I think the administration is merely trying to spy on us and ...

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The strange case of the Spokane Valley fire captain who refuses to stop sending out religious emails over the department’s email system is back in the news. Captain Jon Sprague was terminated last Monday following his refusal yet again to ...

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A Texas flight medic who was terminated for a Facebook post has lost her appeal. Janis Roberts, a flight medic for Careflight, was terminated after she posted on the Facebook walls of two coworkers, paramedic Robert Sumien and helicopter pilot ...

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A Boston paramedic has been fired and is facing criminal charges following a lengthy investigation into allegations that he injected himself with narcotics intended for patients, then returned the preloaded syringes to apparatus to be used on patients. The outrageous ...

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One of the larger fire districts in Rhode Island has announced plans to file for receivership. The Central Coventry Fire District, which operates five stations and covers roughly 26 square miles, announced yesterday that it is completely out of money. ...

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Was it sick leave abuse or Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) discrimination that blocked a firefighter’s promotion last year? That is the question that is now before a Federal District Court in Massachusetts. Watertown firefighter Scott Carton claims he was ...

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Albuquerque firefighter is now facing new allegations that he talked patients who needed to go to the hospital, out of going.

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The medics got to the scene in 3 minutes. That is pretty good. They got the patient out to their truck in 8 minutes. That is pretty good. They got to the hospital in 7 minutes – with a total ...

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The investigation into a live fire training accident in Pennsylvania last month continues with the state Department of Labor and Industry sending a warning letter to the Jackson Township Fire Department. A 16 year old junior firefighter was seriously injured ...

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A jury in the District of Columbia has ruled in favor of former Fire Chief Dennis Rubin and the DC Fire Department in the highly controversial lawsuit, Theresa Cusick v. District of Columbia. Cusick was the former General Counsel for ...

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