Today’s Burning Question: In 2002 I was granted a disability pension for a back injury I sustained on the job. In 2010 the pension board began trying to revoke my pension under a law that allows them to terminate it ...

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The estate of a Nebraska man killed in a house fire earlier this year has placed the local fire department on notice that they consider the department to be responsible for the death. Sal Blanco, 92, of Scottsbluff, died of ...

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There were three crazy fire law headlines in the news today, a YCMTSU trifecta: An Orange County, California firefighter was arrested when he was caught on video stealing money from his captain’s wallet in the fire station. The city of ...

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Eight part-time paid on call Fresno County firefighters who were terminated for refusing to sign a form stating that they were volunteers have filed suit in Federal Court alleging violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act, retaliatory termination, and violation of their ...

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A Sacramento Metro firefighter who developed epilepsy in 2006, has filed suit claiming that the department’s efforts to force her retirement were in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Shannon Baker, a 12 year veteran, suffered her first seizure ...

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LAFD Station 63 is in the news once again, this time for a semi-risqué video that includes a 21 year old hula hoop performer, Delila Santos, several on-duty firefighters, fire apparatus, and a fire pole. The video was published on ...

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A New Orleans store clerk who placed a parking boot on an idling ambulance while its personnel were treating a patient in the store, is facing criminal charges. He is also looking for a new job. Ahmed Sidi Aleywa worked ...

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The Pompano Beach, Florida firefighter who caused a stir in October by installing Barack Obama toilet paper in his fire station, has been terminated. Firefighter Clint Pierce, who has been described as an outspoken Republican, and who has been disciplined ...

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Two North Carolina firefighters have been terminated and two others disciplined in the wake of an investigation into sexual misconduct. The discipline comes a year after three other employees were fired from the same department, the Salisbury Fire Department, for ...

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